Museum & Historic House
From Family Estate to Renowned Museum
Completed in 1917, Reynolda House Museum of American Art was originally the home of Katharine Smith and R.J. Reynolds, founder of the R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company. Promising a healthier lifestyle, the more than 34,000-square-foot historic home was the centerpiece of a 1,067-acre estate and model farm. Now on the National Register of Historic Places, the Reynolds family’s 64-room historic house stands as one of the few well-preserved, surviving examples of the American Country House movement.
Inside, you’ll find not only more than 6,000 historic objects, but also a collection of world-renowned American art on view in the historic house and special exhibitions in the Babcock Gallery. Spanning 250 years, the collection is a chronology of American art, and features artists such as Georgia O’Keeffe, Frederic Edwin Church, Alexander Calder, Romare Bearden, Lee Krasner, Stuart Davis, Martin Johnson Heade, Jacob Lawrence, John Singer Sargent, Andy Warhol and Grant Wood. Works rotate throughout the historic house frequently, and the Museum keeps a listing of current works of American art on view here. View a listing of decorative arts on view here.
Special exhibitions take place seasonally in the Babcock Gallery. View our current and upcoming exhibitions here.
Find Your Way
For the Curious
VIEW EVENTS CALENDAR
Aug 24, 2024 — Dec 15, 2024
Barbara Babcock Millhouse has dedicated much of her life to untangling the mysterious ways in which art functions. Since the dedication of Reynolda House in 1967, she has guided the development of one…
Sep 20, 2024 — Oct 19, 2025
In her Phenoms series, artist Leigh Ann Hallberg creates large-scale abstract paintings inspired by her journey through local landscapes, including the Reynolda landscape. Hallberg, who has taught pai…
Oct 20, 2023 — Oct 20, 2025
Portraits are often taken at face value—as accurate representations of a person’s appearance, sometimes removed by decades or centuries. But portraits are often the products of delicate negotiatio…
Oct 27, 2024, 1:30pm
Free for all to attend! Celebrate one of Katharine Reynolds’s favorite holidays – Halloween!
Oct 29, 2024, 12:30pm
Attract more birds and butterflies to your garden with inspired plant choices. Christina will discuss the natural foods, water, and shelter various birds need to thrive. Learn how to integrate these e…
Nov 6, 2024, 6:00pm
Enjoy an evening at the Museum with art, cocktails and music during Reynolda’s “Drinks at Dusk” event. For ages 21 and up.
