This is worthy of your time.Ogdensburg does not have a lot to offer as far as museums! This is it, and it is wonderful,well lit, and rooms filled with Remington's best works. The museum keeps the community alive. They do wonderful events for Ogdensburg. This museum has multiple floors, and an array of displays of other works besides paintings. The children's museum next door is great fun. With hands on fun, any child ( and adult) will like this trip back in time. Go enjoy the gift shop, a rare gift can be found. Nice jewelry! Go have fun, reasonably priced.
It had quite a display of his original sculptures, was staffed by people who were knowledgeable of his work, and is small enough that we were able to enjoy it in just about an hour.
This museum has original bronzes and paintings of Remington in a setting that also tells the story of his life and times. It is a great find in a small town.
A friend and I were road tripping around New York state and decided to drive through Ogdensburg. We were just exploring the town and drove down the street that the museum was on. What a treat! The museum has a great collection of Remington's paintings and bronze sculptures. Just the type of stimulating experiences a road trip should be about.
This is a beautiful Museum. We Have been meaning to visit this Museum for several years and were pleasantly surprised. Down stairs they have a wonderful collection of painting, drawings, and bronzes by Remington and some examples of how He cast the Bronzes with a great shop and small gallery offering copies of his paintings and bronzes (Buy some and support the Museum). Upstairs they have examples of furniture etc of owners of the home (Remington was one of them). Also down stairs they have some beautiful oils from Remington's personal collection - Great Museum
My college roommates and I visited the museum which I had read was a top-notch small museum. Those reviews were spot on! We wanted to have lunch first and the kind woman manning the desk gave us directions using a map available in the museum. She told us that they have a majority of his bronze casts on display, paintings and other objects the Remington's owned. Beyond the exquisite details in his bronzes, the house is amazing too! The fireplaces were fabulous as was the wood staircase upstairs (there is an elevator to reach the 2nd floor). We were also blown away by the exhibit of local artists and the assorted glassware. One display case of cut glass pieces which will make my husband drool when we go back to visit. Other examples of Victorian era glass pieces as well; my particular favorite was the Blue Bristol. My husband was so envious that he's making me take him back. No problem!
I was so excited about the next day's outing to view the works by the artist that fuelled my adolescent dreams and historic visions of the Old West. What blew me a way, was the comprehensive calibre in this amazing collection. The 70- odd oils, highlighted by 'The Charge of the Rough Riders', stirringly depict the famous battle in Cuba when Remington was a war correspondent. The superb bronzes, fourteen of them, needed time of circling,ogling, appreciating, but above all, loving these remarkable pieces. We quietly,sometimes very excitedly, ambled past the 140 watercolors, with as many, ink and pen sketches. it does not end there. Remington's personal belongings flesh out the interior of the museum, including his rifles,Indian weapons and a stuffed buffalo head. There is another collection by his close friend, Sally Farnham whose sculpture of a cowboy and his horse is compelling as is her base-relief of Theodore Roosevelt. We spent 4 hours thoroughly engrossed in the wild scenes of a romantic ,turbulent part of Americas past.
Great place to compare prices on Remington Bronze works with what I am currently selling on culturalpatina.etsy.com. I use the Museum to make sure I am not over pricing my Remington recasts. I did not visit the facility personally but only used the store web site which I found very helpful to what I wanted at the time.
Ogdensburg doesn't have a whole lot to offer, but at least we have the Frederick Remington Museum. Remington was an icon of the Old West. A prominent artist of the late 1800's, his sculptures have endured the test of time and one of which "The Bronco Buster" sits in the White House to this day. The Remington Museum is part gallery, and part actual Remington home. A fascinating stop for history buffs, artists, old home aficionados and anyone who likes the Wild West.
great self walking tour - great architecture in the building. a great place to visit if in Ogdensburg