Nassau County Museum of art

Address:One Museum Dr.
Roslyn Harbor, New York
Tel: (516) 484-9338

The Nassau County Museum of Art, located 20 miles east of New York City in Roslyn Harbor, Long Island, provides a wide range of quality visual art experiences to its museum goers. The museum houses a permanent collection of the works of internationally acclaimed artists and presents special exhibitions for local talented artists.

The museum's permanent collection holds over 600 works of art, representing 19th and 20th century European and American artists and encompasses all kinds of media. Some of the artists in the collection include Edouard Vuillard, Pierre Bonnard, Roy Lichtenstein, Larry Rivers, Chaim Gross, Robert Rauschenberg, Moses Soyer, Audrey Flack, George Segal, Auguste Rodin, Georges Braque, Alex Katz, Frederick Warren Freer and Irving Ramsey Wiles.

The charming and exquisite Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum, housed in a separate building on the grounds of the Nassau County Museum of Art, is a monument to the eclectic talent of Tee Ridder, a miniaturist who left her impressive collection of works to the museum. The Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum houses a permanent collection of 26 miniature rooms, a neo-classical style dollhouse and many works by miniaturist artists from around the world. The Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum gift shop sells miniature furniture, miniatures kits and many non-miniature related gift items.

The Nassau County Museum of Art presents 3-4 major exhibitions each year that include entertainment-related art by Degas, Toulouse-Lautrec, Walt Kuhn, Reginald Marsh, Romare Bearden, and others. Themes include jazz, dance, film and music.

The Nassau County Museum of Art is surrounded by 145 acres of magnificent gardens containing a unique monumental outdoor sculptural park, a collection of flora (rare on Long Island), historic architecture, and fine art exhibitions.

Visitors can take breaks between exhibitions at the Museum Café, that serves delicious soups, quiche, salads, sandwiches and sweets.

.To get to the Nassau County Museum of Art, exit the I-495 onto Old Westbury Rd. and head north onto Glen Cove Rd. Make a left onto Northern Blvd. and you'll see Museum Drive in just a few short blocks.

The Museum has become a cultural resource bringing to Nassau County a range of visual experiences and quality art education programs previously unavailable in this suburban area. Accordingly, we present the works of internationally acclaimed artists in the main Museum building, a permanent collection of miniature rooms in the Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum, educational programs for all ages and special exhibitions for local talented artists.