The Museum’s History
The James Fitzgerald/Rockwell Kent Legacy
In 2004, longtime Monhegan summer resident Anne M. Hubert bequeathed to the museum her home and studio on Monhegan.
Both
buildings were designed by Rockwell Kent and built by him during the
years 1906 to 1910 for his own use. Subsequently, the studio was owned
by the painter Alice Kent Stoddard, and subsequent to that both
buildings were owned and use by artist James Fitzgerald. Both
buildings, which are on the National Register of Historic Places, are
now open to the public on a limited basis each week during the summer.
The Kent-Fitzgerald home is a historic house museum, and the studio is
used to display paintings by James Fitzgerald from the museum’s
collection.
In 2007, a symposium was held to honor the centenary of Kent's building the house on Monhegan.
