Hyde Collection LogoGlens Falls, N.Y. – The Hyde Collection has partnered with the Museum of American Bird Art at Mass Audubon (MABA) to present an exhibition that celebrates the Adirondack region and explores the birds and natural landscapes of the surrounding regions. Wings and Wilderness: Birds and Landscapes of the Northeast will be on view June 6 through October 11, 2026, and feature a range of traditional and contemporary artwork. Visitors will find photography, painting, and sculpture representing numerous species native to the Northeast, including recent acquisitions by MABA, on view for the first time.  

“The Museum of American Bird Art is thrilled to have this opportunity to share highlights from our extraordinary collection with the Glens Falls community and the many visitors who come to the region each summer,” said Director, Museum of American Bird Art Jennifer S. Tafe, Ph.D. “This exhibition offers a rare chance to experience these artworks while we envision a new home for our collection, and we are especially excited to partner with an excellent museum like The Hyde Collection to tell important stories about wildlife and land conservation through art.” 

Many artists throughout history have been drawn to the landscapes of the Northeast and the Adirondacks, including the painters of the Hudson River School, resulting in one of the very first American art movements. Inspired by the pristine scenery of the Hudson River Valley, Catskills, and Adirondacks, Hudson River School artists celebrated the Northeast as a powerful embodiment of American identity, spiritual renewal, and the sublime beauty of the natural world in contrast to expanding urban industry.  

Visitors to the Museum this summer will find paintings by influential artists including Winslow Homer, Mary Walters, John Marin, Willard Metcalf, Indigenous artists Philip Young and Kananginak Pootoogook, and engravings by John Audubon, a silkscreen by Andy Warhol, and bird miniatures by A. Elmer Crowell. Among the exhibition loans is a work by Hudson River School painter Thomas Cole from the Albany Institute of History and Art, alongside a painting by Georgia O'Keeffe on loan from the Fenimore Art Museum.  

A series of unique exhibition related programs are planned, including a number presented by The Hyde Collection in collaboration with the Southern Adirondack Audubon Society. Visitors near and far are invited to the Museum to experience the Adirondack region through the eyes of the artists who sought to capture its beauty. 

Support for this exhibition is generously provided by the Hoopes Family Foundation, Charles R. Wood Foundation, India & Benjamin Adams, Leslie Fraser Gold & Irene Kamau, and Grasshopper Gardens. 

RELATED MUSEUM PROGRAMS 

Exhibition Talk: The Art of Birds: Seeing Nature through Artists’ Eyes at the Museum of American Bird Art 
June 6, 11 am-12 pm at The Hyde Collection
Join Jennifer S. Tafe, Director of Mass Audubon’s Museum of American Bird Art (MABA) for a morning of art, birds, conservation, and legacy. (Museum admission / free for members) 

Family Sunday: Flipped & Twisted Landscapes 
June 7 & 28, 11 am-1 pm at The Hyde Collection
Gain a new perspective on landscapes in this painted landscape activity for the whole family. (Museum admission / free for members) 

Author Talk with Liza Bennett: Georgia & Anita: The Lifelong Friendship of Georgia O’Keeffe and Anita Pollitzer 
June 13, 2 pm at The Hyde Collection
Join author Liza Bennett in conversation with Doreen Kelley, executive director of Wiawaka Center for Women, as they discuss events and themes explored in Bennett’s book, Georgia & Anita: The Lifelong Friendship of Georgia O’Keeffe and Anita Pollitzer. (Museum admission / free for members) 

Urban Birding Sit
July 16, 4-5 pm at The Hyde Collection
Join Vice-President and Programs Chair of the Southern Adirondack Audubon Society, John Loz, for an Urban Birding Sit on the grounds of The Hyde Collection. (Free) 

Bird Rockstars: The Wild World of Bird Courtship with Dr. Samantha Caruso Peck
July 16, 5-8 pm, Talk at 6 pm at The Hyde Collection
Join Dr. Samantha Carouso-Peck, an expert in bird communication and cognition, to learn about the behaviors of birds, their elaborate songs and dances, acrobatic performances, ornamentation, complex nest constructions, nuptial gift-giving, and more. (Museum admission / free for members) 

From River to Paper: Fish Printing & Watercolor Workshop 
July 26, 2-3:30 pm at The Hyde Collection
This workshop draws inspiration from the traditional Japanese art of Gyotaku, as well as from the beautiful watercolor studies of native fish found in the lakes and rivers of the Adirondack region. Participants will use a simple and authentic printing process, then enhance their work with watercolor to add color, movement, and personality to their design. ($25 / $15 Hyde members) 

Community Day at The Hyde: Artist Talk with Warren Greene
August 2, 10 am-4 pm, Talk at 2 pm at The Hyde Collection
Explore the exhibition Wings & Wilderness: Birds and Landscapes of the Northeast, then join Warren Greene, a Fulton County Supervisor and published nature photographer, for stories about his close encounters with wildlife, while capturing behaviors of his subjects in photos. Live music, Museum tours, plein air artwork by regional artists and more will also be available to enjoy throughout the day at The Hyde. (Free for all visitors, all day!) 

Looking Up: Bird Journaling with Anna Finch
August 8, 1-3 pm at The Hyde Collection
Join The Hyde for a hands-on, mixed media class to create a nature-inspired art journal in collaboration with the Southern Adirondack Audubon Society. Each participant will receive a personal art journal to take home and continue documenting their bird and nature observations. (Free) 

Southern Adirondack Audubon Society Photography Showcase
September 3-October 11, 2026 at The Hyde Collection
Prints by National Audubon Photography award winners will be on view in the Rotunda Gallery at The Hyde. Presented in collaboration with the Southern Adirondack Audubon Society. (Museum admission / free for members) 

ABOUT THE HYDE COLLECTION  
The Hyde is one of the Northeast's exceptional fine art museums with distinguished European and American art collections. The core collection, acquired by Museum founders Charlotte and Louis Hyde, includes works by such artists as Sandro Botticelli, Tintoretto, El Greco, Rembrandt, Peter Paul Rubens, Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Georges Seurat, and Pablo Picasso and American artists Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, James McNeill Whistler, and Anna Hyatt Huntington. Throughout the years, the Museum has expanded considerably to include a modern museum complex featuring an auditorium, classroom, five galleries, and a state-of-the-art storage facility in addition to the historic home once inhabited by the Hydes. The Museum's Modern and Contemporary art collection features work by artists including Josef Albers, Dorothy Dehner, Sam Gilliam, Adolph Gottlieb, Grace Hartigan, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, Robert Motherwell, Ben Nicholson, Robert Rauschenberg, Bridget Riley, and Paul Anthony Smith. Today, The Hyde offers significant national and international exhibitions and a packed schedule of events that help visitors experience art in new ways.  Learn more at www.hydecollection.org  

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