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Fairfield University Art Museum, Fairfield, CT

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Fairfield University Art Museum

A free university art museum on the lower level of Bellarmine Hall, showing a permanent collection and rotating special exhibitions.

1073 North Benson Road, Fairfield, CT 06824 · Fairfield, CT

About Fairfield University Art Museum

The museum sits on the renovated lower floor of Bellarmine Hall on the Fairfield University campus. It opened in 2010 and gained accreditation from the American Alliance of Museums in 2024. Its permanent collection is displayed in the Bellarmine Hall Galleries alongside changing special shows, and a second gallery, the Walsh Gallery in the Regina A. Quick Center for the Arts, hosts additional exhibitions. Admission is free every day, and no reservations are needed.

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