7 6 H a r t f o r d
The Wadsworth Atheneum was the first public art institution in the United States. It was also the first museum in America to begin collecting contemporary American art — resulting in a world-renowned Hudson
River School collection. Also among its firsts was the first museum to stage a retrospective of Pablo Picasso in America and also the first museum to have its own theater, which is still actively used today.
Top: Avery Court at the Wadsworth during the day is a quiet spot for artistic introspection but is a popular social setting in the evening for various charities and functions. Bottom: The Morgan Great Hall — previ-
ously home to the Wadsworth's collection of American history paintings displayed salon-style — has been reinstalled for the first time with large-scale works from the museum's Contemporary art collection.
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