Edward Hopper House Museum and Study Center

The mission of the Edward Hopper House Museum and Study Center is to recognize Edward Hopper's significant contribution to American Art. We do this by preserving Hoppers birthplace, nurturing community engagement with the arts and serving as a resource to scholars and artists.Museum:The Edward Hooper House operates as a cultural and educational destination for tourists, artists, educators, students, adults and families. Visitor service associates, cross trained in interpretation, and volunteer docents serve as guides and lead tours of the house and exhibitions to enhance the visit and cultural experience for our audiences. The Museum is ADA accessible with an outdoor ramp added in 2020, along with an ADA compliant ground floor restroom in 2021. Inside, there are two floors of curated exhibition spaces. On the ground floor is a gallery dedicated to rotating displays of early Hopper artwork along with artifacts and documents about the artists family and his life in Nyack and a second two-room gallery dedicated to changing exhibitions of work by Edward Hopper or his wife Josephine Nivison and/or contemporary artists whose work relates to Hopper and his legacy. Upstairs, Edwards childhood bedroom was re-interpreted in 2016 to reflect its shared bedroom-studio use during his time there, with both original and period furnishings. The adjacent hallway features small displays of rotating Hopper artworks and artifacts from the EHH collection and lent by private collectors. Youth Arts Education Program:The Museum serves K-12 students from the New York metropolitan area through fields trips, after school programs and professional development days for educators. It engages local students in in interdisciplinary, multi-media fine arts projects focused on the recurrent themes, distinctive aesthetics, and defining aspects of Edward Hopper's work. A keystone education initiative is the Nighthawks Teen Leadership Program, founded in 2017 and named after one of Hoppers most iconic paintings. The Edward Hopper House staff mentor teens from Rockland County high schools, developing their skills to become tour guides, workshop leaders, and general ambassadors of the Museum. The Nighthawks are given the unique chance to interpret Edward Hoppers experience in Nyack as a young artist, reflecting on how his journey might connect to their own life stories. The Nighthawks not only go on to serve as junior docents at the Edward Hopper House, but they also attend trips to other cultural art organizations and participate in college prep activities, positioning them to make conscious choices as they move towards young adulthood.Public programs:Public programs, outreach and school/teen programs supplying opportunities to community members to access and engage in the formation of America's most significant painter. Lectures, special events, and walking tours of Hoppers Nyack for adults and families take place throughout the year. For over forty years, the museum has present Jazz in the Garden on Thursday evenings in July and August. This series has brought nationally known Grammy award-winning musicians to our community for exciting and affordable live performances. The series, a core public program, draws a large and diverse audience from near and far.Exhibitions:Exhibitions align with our mission "to celebrate Edward Hopper's legacy by preserving his birthplace, family home and archive while serving as a resource for scholars and artists and nurturing community engagement with the arts. The galleries are dedicated to changing exhibitions of work by Edward Hopper or his wife Josephine Nivison Hopper and or contemporary artists whose work relates to or springboards from Hopper and his legacy. As the sole keepers of both Edward Hoppers family home, and recently acquired archival materials (objects, legal documents, and memorabilia, notebooks, diaries, and letters belonging to members of the immediate Hopper family, including Edward Hopper and his only sibling Marion) the museum is acutely aware of the role as caretakers of these unique resources. In the Museum launched Phase 1 of a stewardship project to address the collection needs of the Sanborn-Hopper Family Archive; the result included digitization and prioritized treatment plans. Phase 2 (2022/23) encompassed conservation treatment and housing for items identified as fragile and in need of stabilization This project is strengthening the Museum ability to serve its public by advancing the management, care, access, display, and uses of their collections through conservation treatment.