NEWSLETTER
Glens Falls, NY — Glens Falls, NY — After being closed for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic, The Hyde Collection in Glens Falls will be open to visitors with appointments beginning on August 1.
Hour-long appointments can be made on hydecollection.org, with 26 time slots available per day, Thursday-Sunday. The Hyde will be reserved for seniors and high-risk individuals from 10am-noon, then will close for an hour for cleaning, and open back up from 1-5pm for the general public. Guests will be asked to arrive at The Hyde five minutes before their scheduled time, and will wait outside the museum until the lobby is clear of visitors.
Before arrival, visitors will be asked to access The Hyde's "Guide By Cell" self tour. (Simply text the word "Hyde" to 565-12 and follow the prompt. Message and data rates may apply per your provider.). Guests must wear a mask or face covering to enter the museum, and once inside will follow a path clearly marked with arrows and designated viewing areas to avoid the clustering of groups. There will also be hand sanitizing stations located throughout the galleries, and disinfecting wipes in the restrooms and elevator areas. Audio tours and a rules and regulations guide will be provided upon check-in. Guests do not need to bring a printed ticket—just a confirmation number.
The Hyde Collection asks that anyone planning to visit the museum check their temperature on the day of their visit, and if they are not feeling well, to reschedule their trip by calling the Admission Desk at (518) 792-1761 x350.
“The Hyde Collection is following every guideline and recommendation from the CDC, Governor Cuomo and Warren County,” says Norman Dascher, CEO of the Hyde Collection. “Obviously, we look forward to seeing, in the future, The Hyde filled with people standing shoulder to shoulder, taking in the stunning art. But if these measures are what it takes get art-lovers back within these walls, and most importantly in an environment where they feel safe, we’re happy to do them down to the last detail.”
On display at The Hyde August 1, 2020-January 3, 2021 will be Images of the People: Russian Lacquer Painting and J. S. Wooley, Adirondack Photographer. The 2020 High School Juried Show will remain online only, and can be accessed at www.hydecollection.org/exhibition/high-school-juried-show. Both of The Hyde’s annual fundraisers—the Summer Luncheon and the Fall Gala—have been postponed until 2021.
What is The Hyde?
The Hyde Collection is one of the Northeast’s exceptional small art museums with distinguished collections of European, American, Modern, and Contemporary art. Its permanent collection of more than 5,000 works spans centuries and consists of paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts. The core collection, amassed by Museum founders Louis and Charlotte Hyde, includes works by such European masters as Sandro Botticelli, Domenikos Theotokopoulos (El Greco), Rembrandt van Rijn, Peter Paul Rubens, Edgar Degas, Georges Seurat, Pablo Picasso, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Americans Thomas Eakins, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, and James McNeill Whistler. The Museum’s collection of Modern and Contemporary art features works by Josef Albers, Dorothy Dehner, Sam Gilliam, Adolph Gottlieb, Grace Hartigan, Ellsworth Kelly, Sol LeWitt, George McNeil, Robert Motherwell, Ben Nicholson, Robert Rauschenberg, and Bridget Riley. The Hyde Collection presents changing exhibitions in its five galleries, as well as lectures, cultural events, family activities, and school programming in its modern museum complex and historic house at 161 Warren St., Glens Falls.
For More Information:
The Hyde Collection
518-792-1761, ext. 320
Melissa at press@hydecollection.org