Our high school group was greeted by 3 well prepared tour guides. I appreciate the initial recognition that Dartmouth and the museum reside on unceded Abinaki land. This really allowed out students to find a level of necessary reverance for the experience. Thank you, Mary!
March 2023
A fine medium-sized art museum that can be comprehended in about two hours. Plan for 15 minutes contemplating the awesome Assyrian stone tablets, a centerpiece of their collection. Quality of visit will depend on special exhibitions as well as the inventiveness of the curators (already very good!).
December 2022
What a wonderful experience. We stopped in to visit and had a wonderful time with the family. The museum was two floors of gallery space with such a wonderful display of contemporary work along with classical work. I truly enjoyed the experience and to top it all off it was free.
The Hood’s collections are drawn from a broad range of cultures and historical periods and represent a remarkable educational asset for both Dartmouth and the communities of the Upper Valley region of New Hampshire and Vermont. Among the museum’s most important holdings are six Assyrian stone reliefs from the palace of Ashurnasirpal II (about 900 BCE) and the remarkable fresco by José Clemente Orozco titled "The Epic of American Civilization" (1932–34), which is now a National Historic Landmark. The 65,000 objects in the museum’s care represent the diverse artistic traditions of six continents, including, broadly, Native American, European and American, Asian, Aboriginal Australian, African, and Melanesian art.
