OPEN: WED – SUN | HOURS: 10 AM – 5 PM EST
Photo Credits:
Black/White Top Right: Danny Lyon, Route 12, Wisconsin, 1965, Gift of Joseph and Susan Fiorenzo. 2025.16.1 © Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos. www.bleakbeauty.com. Instagram: @dannylyonphotos2
Black/White Bottom Left: Danny Lyon, Cal, Elkhorn, Wisconsin, 1965, On Loan from the Collection of Joseph and Susan Fiorenzo. © Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos. www.bleakbeauty.com. Instagram: @dannylyonphotos2
Sephia Antique Photos: Snapshots from the collection of Peter J. Cohen
Press Release
Five new trustees join the Currier Board
Joan Brodsky, Roger Buttles, Fareena Contractor, Amelia Larsen Curti, and Ronald Dupont bring expertise in the arts, business, real estate, and technology to their roles
This program is supported by a generous grant from the Art Bridges Foundation.
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Exhibitions, Events, & Workshops
Experience Something New
Thursday, July 9
Bike Night at the Currier: Presented by Manchester Harley-Davidson
5 to 8 PM
Presented by Manchester Harley-Davidson, bring your motorcycle to the Currier for a fun and free night out at the museum celebrating the summer exhibition, Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders.
Categories:
Free, Community Event, Motorcycle Parking
On view through August 16, 2026
Danny Lyon: The Bikeriders
Scheier Gallery
Admire the beauty and humanity of motorcycle culture captured by legendary documentary photographer Danny Lyon. This exhibition features custom choppers by local bike builder Fish Tank.
Categories:
Photography, Motorcycles
Photo Credit: Danny Lyon, Route 12, Wisconsin, The Bikeriders Portfolio, 1963. Gift from the Collection of Joseph and Susan Fiorenzo, © Danny Lyon / Magnum Photos.
On view through August 16, 2026
Together, Apart, Away:
Snapshots from the Peter J. Cohen Collection
Scheier Gallery
More than 450 snapshots from the collection of Peter J. Cohen weave together everyday moments into a beautiful portrait of our shared humanity. See how photography asserts both our individuality and networks of belonging.
Category:
Photography
Photo Credit: Unknown photographer, Man and girl on motorcycle, c. 1940-1960. Promised gift of Peter J. Cohen
On view through August 2, 2026
Keeping It Real: East Coast Paintings, 1960s–1980s
East Gallery
This new installation of works from the Currier collection explores how painters continue to reinvent realism, bringing fresh energy and perspective to the enduring practice of representing the world around them.
Category:
Painting, Realism
Image Credit: Neil G. Welliver, Blue Pool, 1980, Museum Purchase: Gift of the Friends and the National Endowment for the Arts, 1980.87. © Neil Welliver, courtesy Alexandre, New York.
Now on view
How to Build a Usonian Automatic
Welcome Gallery
In How to Build a Usonian Automatic, archival materials, rare architectural drawings, and 3-D modeling explore the development of the Kalil House, telling the story of Frank Lloyd Wright's vision for housing a changing world.
Category:
Frank Lloyd Wright, Architecture, New Hampshire
Image Credit: Frank Lloyd Wright. House for Dr. and Mrs. Toufic H. Kalil. 1955. Manchester, NH. Anonymous Gift, 2019.55. Photograph by Sean Dungan, 2020.
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July and August
Summer Workshops for kids, teens, and adults
Classroom Studios
Supportive. Inspiring. Hands on. Creativity comes to life at the Currier this summer with art workshops for ages six through adult. Discover three-day workshops for the young people in your life or find the space for yourself to make something new.
Category:
Workshops, Education, Member Discount
Opening August 5
Radical Quiet: Contemporary Drawings of Nature by Victoria Elbroch, Nancy Friese, and Margot Glass
Concourse Gallery
Discover three contemporary New England artists who draw inspiration from the natural world. Margot Glass, Victoria Elbroch, and Nancy Friese invite us to slow down, look closely, and reflect on the beauty that surrounds us
Category:
New England, Drawing, Landscapes
Image Credit: Nancy Friese, Way to the Sea, 2012, Courtesy of Cade Tompkins Projects, RI
Opening September 10
Florentine Baroque: The Haukohl Collection
Southwest Gallery
Journey to 17th and 18th Century Florence, Italy at the Currier this fall. Nearly 40 paintings and sculptures evoke a world in transition, as the rise of opera and theater opened up new ways of capturing the human experience. See Florentine masterpieces imbued with the spirit of the stage and displayed in gorgeous frames from the period.
Category:
Florence, Baroque
Image Credit: Giovan Domenico Ferretti, Harlequin and His Lady, Haukohl Collection
