Rockwell Museum

The Rockwell Museum in downtown Corning, New York, grew from Robert F. Rockwell Jr.’s private collection of Western art, Native American materials, and Carder Steuben glass, first shown in his department store before opening as a museum in 1976. Since 1982 it has occupied Corning’s restored 1893 former City Hall, a Richardsonian Romanesque landmark damaged in the 1972 Hurricane Agnes flood and revived with local support. Its three-floor collection spans historic Western art, contemporary Native American work, sculpture, and glass, while education initiatives, public art projects, and community programs have made it an important link between American art, local history, and civic life.

Corning, New York · United States