Visit the Tang

It’s 5:16 am … we’re closed right now — but we open at 12 pm on Tuesday

The Museum is open for drop-in hours for Skidmore faculty, students, and staff only at the following times:

Thursdays from 4:30 to 7:30 PM
Saturdays from 12:00 to 5:00 PM

No prior appointment is necessary during open hours. All visitors during open hours are required to follow College and public health guidelines regarding face masks and social distancing and sign in at atrium table with their name, Skidmore affiliation, email and phone. (Pencils will be available that visitors can take with them.) Students will be expected to show their CoVerified testing status. Classes are also welcome to visit the Museum at this time, provided they don’t exceed the 30-person limit.

Hours

Currently closed to the public.

Skidmore faculty members are welcome to make an appointment to teach with exhibitions and collections. Email Assistant Director for Curatorial Affairs Rachel Seligman at rseligma@skidmore.edu or Collections Registrar Kara Jefts at kjefts@skidmore.edu with ideas and questions.

Free Admission

Suggested donations

Adults $5

Children over 12 $3

Seniors $2

Students, children 12 and younger, and Friends of Tang members are Free

Information: 518-580-8080

Group Tours: 518-580-5538

School Tours: 518-580-5538

Membership: 518-580-8080

Email tang@skidmore.edu

The Tang Teaching Museum does not offer advisories about subject matter in exhibitions, as sensitivities vary from person to person. If you have questions regarding the content of specific exhibitions, please contact our Visitor Services Desk at 518-580-8080.

Current and recent exhibitions

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an artwork featuring geometric pattern and the colors orange, black, white, and gray

October 10, 2020 – June 13, 2021

Energy in All Directions

September 17 – December 6, 2020

Hyde Cabinet #9:
Neither Snow nor Rain

A canvas with a light colored structure with text on it, made up of a triangular pediment and columns, partially obscured by a giant burst of colors radiating out from a yellow center. Visible text includes “TEMPLE OF TIME,” names, and dates.

September 17, 2020 – June 6, 2021

Never Done: 100 Years of Women in Politics and Beyond

Travel Directions

Skidmore College, in Saratoga Springs, is approximately 180 miles from New York City, Montreal, and Boston. The city is most conveniently reached by automobile via the New York State Thruway and the Adirondack Northway (Exit 15). The Greyhound and Adirondack Trailways bus lines as well as Amtrak offer daily service to and from New York City and Montreal, and several major airlines have regular flights to the Albany County Airport.

Exit 15 from the Adirondack Northway (Interstate 87) leads to the Skidmore Campus. After the exit, follow Route 50 toward the city of Saratoga Springs, turning right onto East Avenue. Make another right turn where East Avenue intersects with North Broadway and proceed north about a quarter of a mile to the College’s main entrance.

If traveling on the New York State Thruway, take Exit 24 to Interstate 87 north. Those approaching from the Massachusetts Turnpike should follow Interstate 90 west by taking turnpike Exit B 1. Proceed west to Exit 1 for Interstate 87 north.

Public Transportion

Skidmore College is accessible from various locations in downtown Saratoga Springs via the Capital District Transit Authority’s bus route No. 452. More information can be found on the CDTA website.

Around the Museum

Check out these works on long-term view in and around the museum.

Installation view of Jonathan Seliger’s Politeness Counts, 2004, Tang Teaching Museum collection, gift of Polly Skogsberg Kisiel ‘62, Sara Lubin Schupf '62, Suzanne Corbet Thomas '59, Janet Lucas Whitman '59, and Susan Kettering Williamson '59

Installation view of Sol Lewitt’s Wall drawing #1202 Scribbles: Volumes, 2006, on extended loan from a private collection, courtesy of the artist and James Cohan Gallery, New York

Artist Kamau Patton leads a workshop, Acoustic Ecology, on Barry Le Va’s Separated, Catalogued, Sealed, Eventually Joined (Sorted Heads), 1995, on extended loan to the Tang Teaching Museum, installed for the exhibition From Pop to Now: Selections from the Sonnabend Collection, 2002

Upcoming Events at the Museum

A photograph of the Tang Museum in summer.

Talks — October 29, 7pm

Tang Live: Pocket Lectures

Join us on for Tang Live on Instagram.

Various artworks hung on a white wall in a salon-style hang.

Talks — October 30, 12pm

Curators’ Tour of Never Done

Join us for a tour of Never Done.

Talks — October 31, 1pm

Saturday Sessions: Art Talk with Students in Never Done and Energy in All Directions

Skidmore students are invited to look closely and talk openly.

More Events

Around Skidmore

Lectures and Special Events

A young, light-skinned person wearing a Skidmore College sweatshirt sits cross-legged on the ground with "CTM" written in red, yellow, and green leaves in front of them.

Venues

Four musicians play on a large wooden stage in front of a wall of windows in a theater with wooden panels on the ceiling.

A black sign surrounded by leaves with text "WELCOME TO SARATOGA SPRINGS HEALTH HISTORY HORSES."

The Tang & Saratoga Springs

There’s real history in our city, Saratoga Springs: famed mineral waters, a Revolutionary War battlefield, and the nation’s oldest thoroughbred racetrack. For lovers of arts and culture, a bounty awaits.