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Follow on Google News | The Bellarmine Museum of Art Named New Member of the CT Art TrailFairfield University’s Bellarmine Museum of Art has been inducted as a new member of the Connecticut Art Trail.
By: Miranda Creative As part of the Art Trail, the Bellarmine Museum of Art will now be included in the Trail’s Art Pass, which gives pass-holders free one-day admission to each of the 16 museums along the Trail over the course of a year. The Bellarmine Museum of Art will offer Pass holders increased value and the Museum will also be able to partner with nearby museums and businesses to offer travel packages and discounts at other local attractions through their new association with the Art Trail. Since the Bellarmine Museum of Art opened in the University’s signature Tudor and Gothic style Bellarmine Hall on October 25, 2010, the Museum has grown tremendously, and the Connecticut Art Trail is very excited to add the Museum as a new member this year. Collections at the Bellarmine include painting, sculpture and decorative art objects, including ten paintings by master Italian Renaissance and Baroque painters gifted to the University by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation via Bridgeport’s Discovery Museum. The Bellarmine Museum of Art also maintains many historic plaster casts of important works from ancient Greece and Rome, including eight donated by the Acropolis Museum in Athens, as well as many non-Western art objects. Currently, the Museum also holds twenty objects on loan from the Metropolitan Museum of Art/The Cloisters Museum. The Bellarmine Museum of Art mounts four temporary exhibitions each year. These shows, which embrace a wide range of subjects and disciplines, are intended to enhance the museum’s permanent collection by examining cultural artifacts from a multitude of viewpoints and perspectives. The Bellarmine’s next exhibition, "Excavation: The Bellarmine Museum of Art is located in Bellarmine Hall on the campus of Fairfield University at 1073 N. Benson Road in Fairfield, Connecticut. The museum is open Monday through Friday, 9:30 am - 4:30 pm, as well as on select Saturdays. For more information, visit www.fairfield.edu/ End
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