Sunday, July 12, 2026

Hecksher Museum of Art 106th Birthday!!!!

Heckscher  Museum of art has a full schedule of events in this newsletter below. Take a look at all of the events below to enjoy what's offered for children, classes, for all. 



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July 10, 2026

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July 10 Marks The Heckscher Museum of Art’s 106th Anniversary!

In 1917, Anna and August Heckscher donated the land that would become Heckscher Park to the Heckscher Trust, envisioning a magnificent 18.5-acre park and museum to be the center of the community’s recreational, cultural, and social life. On July 10, 1920, “The Heckscher Fine Arts Building”, as it was then called, was dedicated at a festive community celebration.

NEW! Museum Palette Café Cart

Fridays, 12 - 4 pm beginning July 17

Introducing The Heckscher Museum of Art’s Museum Palette Café Cart! We’re serving up delicious fun this summer, every Friday, 12 - 4 pm, with snacks and thirst-quenching drinks on the Museum terrace. Come for the bites, stay for the art, and experience summer like never before!

Art Without Barriers: Celebrating the ADA

Free Community Event in the Museum & Heckscher Park

Saturday, July 25, 12 - 5 pm

Join us for this free community event celebrating the 36th anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act! Enjoy a vibrant selection of hands-on and interactive art activities and sensory experiences designed for all types of learners both inside the Museum and outside in beautiful Heckscher Park. Created with and for the Deaf community, blind and low vision community, individuals with developmental disabilities, people who are neurodivergent, and people of all ages and abilities.

Upcoming Events


Drop-In Art Workshops for Kids

Wednesdays & Fridays

10:30 - 11:30 am through August 14

Museum Palette Café Cart

Fridays, 12 - 4 pm beginning July 17

Art Without Barriers:

Celebrating the ADA

Saturday, July 25, 12 - 5 pm

Summer Community Dinner

Friday, July 31, 5 - 8 pm

School’s Out! Art’s In!

Summer Workshops for Kids

Monday - Thursday, August 24 - 27

Bethesda Fountain in Augmented

Reality in Heckscher Park

Ongoing

Heckscher Museum Soundwalk

Heckscher Park & Dove/Torr Cottage

Ongoing


Exhibitions 


Just Powers: Long Island Biennial 2026

Through September 12, 2026

Eclipse of the Sun Now

Opening September 26, 2026

The Heckscher Museum of Art, located in Huntington, NY, creates opportunities for everyone to experience art that broadens our understanding of the past, fosters community connections to our present, and creates diverse possibilities for our future.

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Your support brings art and people together, allowing the Museum to serve as a catalyst for discovery, imagination, the exchange of ideas, and the sharing of experiences. Donate today.

Just Powers: Long Island Biennial Public funding provided by Suffolk County.

Generous support for Eclipse of the Sun Now provided by Art Bridges.

The Museum Palette Café Cart is generously supported by Discover Long Island. 

Free admission for the community is made possible by through a generous grant from Bank of America. 

The Heckscher Museum of Art is grateful to The Town of Huntington and the Town of Huntington Board of Trustees and Suffolk County Department of Economic Development & Planning for their generous support of the arts.

ASL, Braille, and Spanish language translation made possible by a generous grant from the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Images, from top: Gallery view of Just Powers: Long island Biennial 2026; Pinky Urmaza, United States of Anxiety, 2026 [detail], book covers, pages, acrylic and graphite. Just Powers: Long Island Biennial 2026; George Grosz, Eclipse of the Sun, 1926 [detail], oil on canvas. Museum Purchase.

 

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