Tri-state museums to visit during American Artist Appreciation Month

American Artist Appreciation Month is celebrated across the U.S. throughout August. 
What better way to celebrate American artists than by visiting a local museum! 
Below are a few art museums and galleries around the tri-state:

CONNECTICUT

The Aldrich Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main St, Ridgefield, CT 06877
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Bruce Museum
1 Museum Dr, Greenwich, CT 06830
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Fairfield University Art Museum
200 Barlow Rd, Fairfield, CT 06824
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Lockwood-Mathews Mansion Museum
295 West Ave, Norwalk, CT 06850
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Mattatuck Museum
144 W Main St, Waterbury, CT 06702
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The Mark Twain House & Museum
351 Farmington Ave, Hartford, CT 06105
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MoCA Westport
19 Newtown Turnpike, Westport, CT 06880
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Prudence Crandall Museum
1 S Canterbury Rd, Canterbury, CT 06331
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Silvermine Arts Center
1037 Silvermine Rd, New Canaan, CT 06840
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Yale University Art Gallery
1111 Chapel St, New Haven, CT 06510
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HUDSON VALLEY

Dia Beacon
3 Beekman St, Beacon, NY 12508
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Edward Hopper House Museum & Study Center
82 N Broadway, Nyack, NY 10960
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Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center
124 Raymond Ave, Poughkeepsie, NY 12604
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Hudson River Museum
511 Warburton Ave, Yonkers, NY 10701
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Hudson Valley MOCA
1701 Main St, Peekskill, NY 10566
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Katonah Museum of Art
134 Jay St, Katonah, NY 10536
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Neuberger Museum of Art
735 Anderson Hill Rd, Purchase, NY 10577
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Pelham Art Center
155 Fifth Ave #1503, Village of Pelham, NY 10803
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Samuel Dorsky Museum of Art
1 Hawk Dr, New Paltz, NY 12561
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Storm King Art Center
1 Museum Rd, New Windsor, NY 12553
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LONG ISLAND

The Heckscher Museum of Art
2 Prime Ave, Huntington, NY 11743
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Hofstra Museum of Art
112 Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY 11549
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Islip Art Museum
50 Irish Ln, East Islip, NY 11730
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The Long Island Museum
1200 NY-25A, Stony Brook, NY 11790
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Museum of Contemporary Art Long Island
20 Terry St Suite 116, Patchogue, NY 11772
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Nassau County Museum of Art
One Museum Dr, Roslyn, NY 11576
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Parrish Art Museum
279 Montauk Hwy, Water Mill, NY 11976
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Pollock-Krasner House
830 Springs Fireplace Rd, East Hampton, NY 11937
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Southampton Arts Center
25 Jobs Ln, Southampton, NY 11968
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Steinberg Museum of Art
720 Northern Blvd, Greenvale, NY 11548
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NEW JERSEY

African Art Museum of the SMA
23 Bliss Ave, Tenafly, NJ 07670
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Clifton Arts Center & Sculpture Park
900 Clifton Ave, Clifton, NJ 07013
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Hoboken Historical Museum
1301 Hudson St, Hoboken, NJ 07030
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Hunterdon Art Museum
7 Lower Center St, Clinton, NJ 08809
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John F. Peto Studio Museum
102 Cedar Ave, Island Heights, NJ 08732
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Montclair Art Museum
3 S Mountain Ave, Montclair, NJ 07042
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Morris Museum
6 Normandy Heights Rd, Morristown, NJ 07960
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Museum of Fine Arts & Popular Culture
507 Washington St Unit 104, Cape May, NJ 08204
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New Jersey State Museum
205 W State St, Trenton, NJ 08608
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The Newark Museum of Art
49 Washington St, Newark, NJ 07102
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The Noyes Museum of Art
Kramer Hall, 30 Front St, Hammonton, NJ 08037
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Zimmerli Art Museum, Rutgers University
71 Hamilton St, New Brunswick, NJ 08901
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NEW YORK CITY

American Folk Art Museum
2 Lincoln Square, New York, NY 10023
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Brooklyn Museum
200 Eastern Pkwy, Brooklyn, NY 11238
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The Bronx Museum of the Arts
1040 Grand Concourse, The Bronx, NY 10456
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Children's Museum of the Arts
103 Charlton St, New York, NY 10014
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The Drawing Center
35 Wooster St, New York, NY 10013
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Museum of Arts and Design
2 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019
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Museum of the City of New York
1220 5th Ave, New York, NY 10029
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art
1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028
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The Museum of Modern Art
11 W 53rd St, New York, NY 10019
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New Museum
235 Bowery, New York, NY 10002
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Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128
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Whitney Museum of American Art
99 Gansevoort St, New York, NY 10014
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