OPEN: WED – SUN | HOURS: 10 AM – 5 PM EST
The museum will be closed on Sunday, January 25 due to the forecasted winter storm.
Who We Are
Nearly 100 years ago, the museum’s namesake founders, Moody and Hannah Currier, envisioned a world-class art museum in the footprint of their former home – a cultural center of the city for generations to come. As the Currier Museum looks ahead to its centennial, that legacy lives on.
Today, the Currier is a place where art, people, and ideas converge. With proud New England roots and a rising global reputation, the museum invites visitors of all backgrounds to make a personal connection with great art, encounter new possibilities, and be part of the timeless story of human creativity.
Our Mission
We bring people together by telling stories with art.
Our Vision
To be an art museum that is essential to New Hampshire, a source of pride for New England, and a model of innovative experiences.
History
Since its founding in 1929, the Currier Museum of Art has been a cultural cornerstone for the city and state. Moody Currier and his wife Hannah Slade conceived the idea of founding an art museum in the 1890s. A former governor of the state, Moody died in 1898, and Hannah in 1915.
Their estate and house formed the basis of the Currier Gallery of Art, which was chartered by the state legislature in 1919. The museum building opened in October 1929, a few days before the great stock market crash ushered in the Great Depression.
The museum’s community art school started in 1939. In 1982, new galleries designed by Hardy Holzman Pfeiffer opened. A new atrium and special exhibition galleries by Ann Beha were completed in 2008. In the 1950s, Frank Lloyd Wright designed homes for two local doctors in Manchester. The Zimmerman House was bequeathed to the museum in 1988, while the Kalil House was purchased by the museum in 2019.
Currier Leadership
Get to know some of the people who bring to life
the Currier’s mission of great arts experiences accessible for all
Jordana Pomeroy
Director and CEO
Jessica Pappathan
Director of Development
Jeanne Herz
Director of Operations & Human Resources
Kurt Sundstrom
Senior Curator of Collections
Brad Frey
Director of Finance
Barbara Jaus
Executive Administrator and Board Liaison
Anastasia Kinigopoulo
Curator of Modern and Contemporary Art
Bruce McColl
Director of Curatorial Affairs
Ali Goldstein
Director of Marketing and Communications
Kate Pritchard
Director of Art Education
Board of Trustees
Thomas J. Silvia
President
Jay Surdukowski
Vice President
Patricia Wentworth
Treasurer
Carol Almeda-Morrow
Michael N. Costa
Pamela Diamantis
M. Christine Dwyer
Jeffrey D. Gilbert
Pauline Ikawa
Laurence Knowlton
Tracy Kozak
Emily Leff
Susan Lynch
John H. Morison III
Bill Stelling
William Upton
Emeriti
Patrick Duffy
David Jensen
Kendra O'Donnell
Currier Collective
The mission of Currier Collective is to foster dialogue, inspire creativity, and build community through the power of art.
The Currier Collective vision is of a vibrant, culturally rich community where everyone has the opportunity to explore, experience, and engage with art in meaningful ways. By nurturing connections and inspiring dialogue, we aspire to create a more equitable and interconnected society, where the power of art is accessible to all.