The Parrish Art Museum
The Parrish Art Museum is a place to discover and connect with artists and art with a focus on the rich creative legacy of the East End and its global impact on the art world.
Inspired by the natural setting and historical artistic community of Long Island’s East End, the Parrish Art Museum celebrates its legacy through a distinctive contemporary lens and socially conscious global context.
The Parrish illuminates the creative process and how art, architecture, and design transform our experiences and our communities, and how we relate to the world.
Access to relevant cultural engagement, artistic inspiration, a natural environment, and architectural ingenuity characterizes the museum experience as a unique destination for the region, the nation, and the world…
THE GALLERIES
Air, light, and the relationship between art & nature have made the East End a compelling destination for generations of artists, and the intimate, well-proportioned Museum galleries embrace these qualities.
The Parrish is one of the few American museums that presents work in natural light, creating a bright, open feeling in 10 sky-lit galleries. Traditional lighting is used in the two central “spine” galleries to protect the works on paper installed there.
Based on a 1,000 square-foot module, the gallery spaces afford 12,200 square feet of exhibition space, allowing us to exhibit both work from our collection of more than 3,000 art works as well as temporary exhibitions.
LOBBY, THEATER, ART STUDIO
Art classes and workshops for adults, families, and children are offered year round in the Lynne and Richard Pasculano Studio. Just beyond the studio, through the glass double doors, is the 200-seat Lichtenstein Theater, where we present live music, dance, film, talks, and special events.
The Parrish Art Museum provides a new way to experience art with a distinct sense of place. Sited on 14 acres of meadow, the Museum’s landscape and critically acclaimed Herzog & de Meuron designed building honor the East End’s built and natural environment.
The Museum’s exhibitions and programs are made possible, in part, by the New York State Council on the Arts with the support of the Office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature, and by the property taxpayers, from the Southampton Union Free School District and the Tuckahoe Common School District.
279 Montauk Highway, Water Mill, NY 11976
(631) 283-2118
- Museum Hours: Thursday – Monday | 11 AM–5 PM, Closed Tuesday & Wednesday
- Museum Grounds: Open Daily | 11 AM–5 PM