Washington County Museum Of Fine Arts

The presentation of art collections, and associated interpretive activities requires the maintenance of a specialized and architecturally significant building and grounds. The opportunity for the public to encounter highly significant works of art in a beautiful setting, and with safety and security are important values of the washington county museum of fine arts. The washington county museum of fine arts has an enduring commitment to arts education and to the support of regional artists. The museum regularly offers studio art courses, art historical lectures, concerts, and exhibitions from its permanent collection and traveling exhibitions.

Lectures, concerts, family festivals, workshops, docent tours and art classes are part of the ongoing educational activities at the museum. The museum has offered art classes since its founding; earliest instructors included thomas danaher and tony carnelli, both works progress administration (wpa) artists, and miss mary harter, who, from the first day the museum opened, taught the saturday children's program for more than 30 years.