Kaleidoscope: 100 Years of Collecting for Our Community | |
Opening Saturday, February 21, 2026
Kaleidoscope is the second in a series of exhibitions marking FAM's Centennial, and features hundreds of artworks from our Permanent Collection, ranging across the globe, human history, and artistic media and movements.
Featuring old favorites, new acquisitions, and rarely before seen artwork, Kaleidoscope juxtaposes it all, allowing visitors to create their own visual, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual meanings. Kaleidoscope is a celebration of both the power of art, and the variety and quality of the collection that we hold in trust for you.
| | | Tara Sellios | Ask Now the Beasts | |
On View through May 24, 2026
Tara Sellios's photographs highlight the beauty of the grotesque. Sellios creates still-life vignettes from organic materials, including animal bones, insect specimens, and dried flowers, which she photographs using a large format camera. Printed at a grand scale, Sellios’s photographs capture the vivid details of her materials.
| |  | FESTIVAL: A Celebration of African Art at the Fitchburg Art Museum | |
On View through December 3, 2026
FESTIVAL is the first in a series of exhibitions honoring FAM’s Centennial.
FESTIVAL demonstrates both the breadth of our collection and the diversity of cultures and contexts across the African continent.
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| | | Artist Talk: Tara Sellios | |
Saturday, February 7
2 – 3 PM
Join FAM exhibiting artist Tara Sellios as she discusses her path to create Ask Now the Beasts. View Sellios’s inspiration images, process shots, and past work for an in-depth dive into her artistic journey and the foundations of her practice.
Snow Date: Sunday, February 8, 2 – 3 PM
| | | Artist Talk: Daniela Rivera | |
Sunday, March 22
2 – 3 PM
Artist Daniela Rivera views the works of art in Kaleidoscope: 100 Years of Collecting for our Community as amplifying one another in a lively dialogue. Through Rivera’s eyes, learn how artworks spanning across time and artistic movements create both dissonance and harmony in the gallery. Rivera will also speak about her drawing on view in the exhibition and how it fits into FAM’s history of collecting.
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February 21, March 28, April 18
Drop in between 11 AM – 2 PM
Join us for free drop-in artmaking in the Art Place on Elm Studio, led by a FAM staff member. Get inspired by artwork in our exhibitions, then create your own to take home! All ages are welcome and no experience is necessary.
This program is supported by a grant from Rockland Trust and The Cathedral Fund.
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March 19, April 16, May 21, June 18
Thursdays from 1 – 3 PM
Hidden Treasures is a free art program designed to support and engage individuals with the early to middle stages of Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia, along with their care partners, or family members. Advanced registration is required. Contact Suzanne Hauerstein at 978-424-4542 or shauerstein@fitchburgartmuseum.org
Hidden Treasures is supported by a grant from Fallon Health.
| | | | Fitchburg Farmers' Market | |
Thursday, January 8
FAM is free for all visitors, 12 – 7 PM. From 3 – 5:30 PM, shop at the indoor Farmers' Market, in partnership with Growing Places. This programming is supported by an endowment given to FAM in memory of Martha Malm.
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If you require accessibility accommodations, modifications, or have specific preferences, please let us know in advance so we can prepare for your visit. info@fitchburgartmuseum.org
| | | | MOC, Inc. Hosmer Child Care and Head Start Student Exhibition | |
December 26, 2025 – February 1, 2026
Making Opportunity Count (MOC) empowers families to achieve economic security by eliminating barriers and creating opportunities. MOC’s Child Care and Head Start program provides a safe, developmentally appropriate environment where preschool children can learn, grow, and thrive. For this exhibition, six classrooms each selected a children’s book as the inspiration for their artwork.
The Community Gallery is supported by a grant from Dr. Roderick and Donna Lewin.
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| | | Wishing You a Happy New Year! | | | |
Museum Hours
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Saturdays and Sundays: 11 AM – 5 PM
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FAM at Night, Thursday, January 8: Open until 7 PM
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