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AVERY 1 MORGAN 1 AVERY 2 MORGAN 2 AVERY 3 WADSWORTH 3 KEY European and American Art (opens in September 2015) American Decorative Arts (opens in September 2015) American Art Special Exhibitions i Information Elevator 1900 – 1945 From Antiquity to the Renaissance 1600s – 1865 Art to 1900 1700s – 1950 Sol LeWitt and His Legacy Library Cafe Contemporary Art Chinese Art Wetmore Parlor Cabinet of Art and Curiosities MATRIX Ancient Art Nutting Collection Baroque Art Connections Gallery Museum Shop Accessible ramp Colt Collection Early Christian Art Rococo Men Coatroom WADSWORTH 1 Medieval Art Neoclassical Art Post-War and Contemporary Art WADSWORTH 2 Women Accessible restroom The Romantic Era 1945 – Present The Amistad Center for Goodwin Parlor Art & Culture Late 19th-Century Art

STAIRS FROM MORGAN 2 TO AVERY 3 PROSPECT STREET STAIRS FROM AVERY 3 TO MORGAN 2 MATRIX

AVERY 1 AVERY COURT HARTFORD COURANT AVERY OPENING ROOM AVERY 2 AVERY 3 ENTRANCE SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 LOCTITE AETNA THEATER i WETMORE LOBBY PARLOR

EDUCATION CAFE CONNECTIONS DEPARTMENT GALLERY MORGAN 1 GREAT OPENING HALL SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 ADMINISTRATIVE GENGRAS COURT OFFICES MORGAN 2 BURR MALL PARK ATHENEUM SQUARE NORTH ATHENEUM WADSWORTH 1 WADSWORTH 3

OPENING SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 OPENING SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 MORGAN LOBBY WADSWORTH 2 AUERBACH GRAY MUSEUM ART COURT SHOP OPENING AMISTAD LIBRARY i SEPTEMBER 19, 2015 CENTER

MAIN STREET MAIN STREET ENTRANCE WELCOME TO THE WADSWORTH! GALLERY GUIDELINES TOURS MEMBERSHIP VISIT THE AUSTIN HOUSE Information desks are located in both • Protect the art: please do not touch Guided highlights tours are offered Self-guided tours of the collection Become a Wadsworth member and Guided visits of the Austin House, a WADSWORTH ATHENEUM lobbies, near the Museum Shop and the or lean on objects. Wednesday through Sunday at 1pm; and special exhibitions are available enjoy free admission, special invitations, National Historic Landmark located in MUSEUM OF ART Aetna Theater entrance. Information • Pencils may be used for note- guided tours of special exhibitions are of- at any time. Use your mobile phone to and discounts throughout the museum! Hartford’s West End, are offered on desk staff is here to answer questions taking and sketching; pens are not fered Saturdays and Sundays at 2:30pm. access commentary at relevant stops Apply the price of your admission today selected dates for a contribution to the permitted in the galleries. about current exhibitions, museum pro- All tours meet at the Information desk in the galleries or ask to borrow a toward any membership category. For Sarah Goodwin Austin Memorial Fund. Map and grams, membership, and navigating the • Non-flash photography of the by the Museum Shop and are free with device at the Information desk by the more information, call (860) 838-4171 or Reservations required; to inquire call building. If a wheelchair, large text guide, permanent collection for personal, museum admission. Museum Shop. Selected tour stops visit thewadsworth.org/join. (860) 838-4046. Visitor Guide noncommercial use is permitted. gallery stool, or other assistance would are available in Spanish and Ameri- WADSWORTH ATHENEUM SHARE YOUR VISIT WITH US! make your visit more enjoyable, we are • Photography and videotaping of can Sign Language. MUSEUM OF ART facebook.com/wadsworthatheneum happy to help you. works on loan are prohibited. 600 Main Street, Hartford, CT 06103 twitter.com/thewadsworth www.thewadsworth.org instagram.com/thewadsworth (860) 278-2670 flickr.com/photos/thewadsworth

CURATORS’ PICKS Don’t know where to start? Be sure to see our curators’ favorite works!*

Director and CEO European Decorative Arts European Paintings and Sculpture American Decorative Arts American Paintings and Sculpture Contemporary Art SUSAN L. TALBOTT LINDA ROTH OLIVER TOSTMANN ALYCE PERRY ENGLUND ROBIN JAFFEE FRANK PATRICIA HICKSON ERIN MONROE

WILLEM DE KOONING GATES POTTERIES GIORGIO DE CHIRICO ELIPHALET CHAPIN KARA WALKER MONTAUK I JARDINIERE, MODEL THE ENDLESS VOYAGE HIGH CHEST OF DRAWERS COAST SCENE, MOUNT DESERT WALL SAMPLER 1 1969 NO. 106, c.1901-02 1914 1775–95 1863 2013 Wadsworth 1 Avery 2 Avery 1 Avery 2 Avery 3 Wadsworth 1

JACKSON POLLOCK GUSTAV STICKLEY WILLIAM HOWARD GEORGIA O’KEEFFE NUMBER 9 POPPY TABLE NO. 26 WOMEN OF ALGIERS FALL FRONT DESK THE LAWRENCE TREE RETROACTIVE I 1949 c.1901 (AFTER DELACROIX), 1954 c.1870 1929 1964 Wadsworth 1 Avery 3 Avery 1 Avery 2 Avery 3 Wadsworth 1

* Due to the museum’s active loan program, some works may not be on view.