Exhibits

Rotating art and history exhibitions can be explored in the Burlingham House Visitor Center during regular operating hours throughout the year.

Current Exhibit: Weir Was Here - Secret Rooms, Doors, and Windows

In the summer of 2011, Weir Farm National Historic Site commissioned New York photographer and former Artist-in-Residence Xiomáro to create a photographic record of the interiors of the Weir House, Weir Studio, and Young Studio. Xiomáro was tasked with documenting the present state of the buildings' interiors, prior to the completion of the four-phase restoration project now underway. A selection of these images comprise the newest exhibit at Weir Farm National Historic Site, Weir Was Here - Secret Rooms, Doors, and Windows, offering visitors a small glimpse into the historic structures while they remain closed to the public. All three buildings are currently empty, allowing Xiomáro the chance to focus on the details of these spaces -- features that might otherwise go unnoticed in a fully furnished setting. This is the first artistic collection of photographs of the building interiors in the site's history, and captures the beauty and texture of these intimate spaces. "There is a mystery and secrecy to these relatively empty spaces," Xiomáro explained, noting how "the same eyes and hands that created works of Impressionism also unlocked these doors and opened the shutters to take in the inspiring landscape framed by the windows."

Weir Was Here - Secret Rooms, Doors, and Windows can be viewed at the Burlingham House Visitor Center on Saturdays and Sundays, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., now through March 31, 2012. From April 1 to May 31, the exhibit can be viewed Thursdays - Sundays, 10:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.