Bruce Goes Digital
March 30, 2020 - November 1, 2020
During these challenging times, while our physical doors are closed, stay connected and engaged with the Bruce Museum at Home.
Virtual Tours/Digital Exhibitions
On the Edge of the World: Masterworks by Laurits Andersen Ring from SMK—the National Gallery of Denmark
Under the Skin Virtual Exhibit Tour
On this site, you can explore the objects and visualizations displayed in the physical exhibition along with bonus content and links to help explore more deeply.
An online exhibition —HOUSE ON THE HILL: The Changing Face of the Bruce Museum
An online exhition - iCreate - Fine art from high school students throughout New Jersey, New York, and Connecticut.
The 2020 festival dates were set for May 16 and 17, but in light of the development of the COVID-19 pandemic we had to cancel this year’s show. The health and safety of you, your families, our community, and our artists is our primary concern during this challenging global health emergency.
Instead, we invite you here and now to take a virtual stroll through the 2020 crafts festival and feel uplifted by what you see. You will also find links to the artists’ websites to view more work and to shop.
Thank you for visiting and please enjoy!
Adult Offerings
Bruce Museum Presents At Home with Dr. Louise Flax - Art Demo
These classes will introduce you to new ways of looking at your artistic practice and add to your art arsenal, without requiring specialized materials. Watch for new lessons every other Monday, at brucemuseum.org. If you have any questions please contact Manager of School and Community Programs, Corinne Flax, at cflax@brucemuseum.org.
View more online At Home Art With Dr. Louise Flax videos here.
- Collection Favorites:
Museum staff are sharing their thoughts, historical detail and context fun facts; about their favorite objects from the Bruce Museum Collection. Find these brief postings on facebook, instagram, and twitter. The series can also be found on this page on our website. - Online here.
- Exhibition Favorites:
In this online series on instagram, which debuted on Sunday, staff and Museum docents revisit past exhibitions and explore what made them so memorable. Docent Becky Gillan starts us off with a fond look back at the popular annual iCreate exhibition of emerging high school student artists. iCreate 2019
- Need a little Bruce Museum right this very minute? Below is a list of Bruce Museum offerings that you can access from home:
Pre-recorded lectures available here. - YouTube Online here, and Vimeo Online here.
Bruce Happy Hour with the Curator
Access to highlights of the Bruce Museum permanent collection here.
Blogs from our Science Department connecting our exhibitions to recent discoveries and insights from the field here. - Storage Room No. 2
Resources for Older Museum Members
For our older Museum members, we want to make sure you are aware of CONNECTT, a service launched by the Town’s Commission on Aging, the Greenwich Senior Center, and the staff of Greenwich Country Day School, “Connecting Our Neighbors: Naturally Enhancing Community Through Technology.”
CONNECTT offers both opportunities for participation in activities and classes, and the ability to enjoy regular/daily telephone chats all from the comfort of your own home. To get a daily phone call from a friendly volunteer or family who has been assigned to you and just wants to know that you are OK, every day, please email cpg@gcds.net or call 203-863-5653.
Family Programs
These new online programs will offer the same commitment to promoting the understanding and appreciation of Art and Science as all of the Museum’s regular programs and events. Some of the features now available online include:
Bruce at Home Family Activities:
- Digital Weekends with Bruce at Home:
A Lesson in : Collecting Reimagined: a 2D Curiosity Cabinet Details
Last weekend we launched an engaging online tutorial from teaching artist Grayson Kennedy about drawing with one-point perspective.
A Lesson in 1-pt perspective -
All Lessons - Click Here
Audio Tours:
Re-visit a past popular exhibition, Madagascar: Ghosts of the Past, through this mobile website. This gives you a chance to learn about the amazing creatures of Madagascar.
K-12 Learning
- Lesson Plan for House on The Hill
The virtual exhibition is complemented by a Bruce at Home activity for young learners. Click here for this engaging lesson in how to conduct historical research.
Wild Wednesdays
Click here for Bird Notes Page
Do you have an idea for a digital offering you’d like to see or utilize? Contact Manager of School and Community Partnerships, Corinne Flax, to see what may be available.
At Home STEAM Activities From the Bruce Museum
The Bruce Museum is closed to the public to help combat the spread of coronavirus in our community and beyond. During this time, Manager of School and Community Programs, Corinne Flax has created weekly STEAM activities for families with children at home.
These weekly activities will focus on basic STEAM concepts. Learners will get the chance to design, test, modify, experiment, hypothesize and much more.
Do you have an idea for a digital offering you’d like to see or utilize? Contact Manager of School and Community Partnerships, Corinne Flax, to see what may be available.
Pre-K
- Digital Bruce Beginnings
This program, for children ages 3 through 5 and their caregivers, will be led by a museum educator and include a discussion of one of the Museum's online exhibitions, a related story book, and suggestions of interactive activities adults and kids can do together. Enjoy!
Colorful Chameleons
Additional Online resources for Families and Others from Bruce Contemporaries
Bruce Contemporaries is a dynamic group of art and science enthusiasts who are among our most active and engaged members. As we’re all home and looking for fun things to do, Bruce Contemporaries want to share some interesting art and science-related links and activities they have found for you!
Art activities and education to do with the kids:
Parrish Art Museum Home Art Studios
New York Botanical Garden “Color our Collection”
Top 10 Favorite Art Activities via ArtfulParent.com
Museums and galleries around the world are providing virtual tours, exhibitions and programming online:
American Museum of Natural History, New York
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Google Arts & Culture Collections: including many of the above museums, Google has teamed up with over 2,500 museums and galleries around the world to bring virtual tours online
Zoos are featuring some fun content, including live webcam viewings of pandas, penguins and beluga whales:
We hope these resources from the Bruce and other great institutions help to keep you connected to the worlds of art and science during this time. Now more than ever we are thankful for the support of our community of members. We look forward to seeing you all soon!