The Icon Museum and Study Center - Art museum in Clinton - 203 Union St, USA

There’s absolutely nothing I love more than happening upon a museum, and then realizing that the collectors obsession matches one of my own! This museum of iconography is not to be missed. Time and money and love have all been invested in this place, and it shows. The docents were lovely, and the museum itself is just simply stunning. Beautiful, beautiful iconography here. The gift shop leaves a little bit to be desired, but that’s not why you go to a Museum anyway!

What an incredible Museum this is. I would highly recommend it to anyone to see. The facility is first class all the way, and the docents are very knowledgeable. The "Tea Room" has an illuminated ceiling and three restored jail cells you can visit and research in. Oh my, they are small and cozy, no place I would ever have wanted to visit for real! Opening in 2006 this Museum is a cultural wonder fir the western Suburbs of Boston. In November 2022 two new temporary exhibits opened, "Artists for Ukraine: Transforming Ammo Boxes into Icons" and "Tree of Life: Birch Icons Through the Ages" now thru February 2023

Such a unique museum. Really beautiful with in edible pieces and a very knowledgeable staff.

It was a solid gallery of Russian icons. It is a great place to go if they interest you, but if they don’t, know that there isn’t really anything else. I know little about Russian icons, so it was hard to differentiate them. Maybe some info on their religious/historical value could’ve helped spark some interest. Translations of the writing on the icons could’ve also been helpful. I found the old jail cells that happened to be in the basement the most interesting part of my experience. The staff was noticeably friendly.

Perhaps the finest collection of Russian Icons outside of Russia itself, displayed on three levels of this jewel of a museum. I visit at least once every year, not only to study their permanent collection, but the temporary and traveling exhibitions that the museum hosts. For those in closer proximity to Clinton, MA, the museum also has educational programs and events. If you have the time, the historic parts of Clinton are also worth seeing, a place once renowned as a center of innovation and production of woven textiles. That industry is gone, but the town is worth exploring.

Stunning Russian Icons. Also a photographic display of the founder's motorcycle journey from Europe to Japan. There was a temporary exhibit of WWII posters at the time I visited. Helpful staff. Beautifully meatless in central Massachusetts.

A very unique museum and well worth the visit.

Amazing hidden find in Clinton. Beautiful Icons. Very well set out displays. So interesting, not only how the collection was amassed, but the history going back centuries, Great descriptions of how the Icons are made. Finally the staff are so welcoming and interested in all the visitors. One of the most enjoyable museum experiences I have had. Not to be missed!!