When has The MATT been in the press? Look at the timeline below.
2026
- September 29, 2026 Nancy’s Notes: A gathering for peace, theater and Ted Williams ByNancy Burns-Fusaro LINK

- September 29, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Announces MIXMASTER 2027: Legacy—Juried Members’ Exhibition CALL FOR ARTISTS PDF
- September 8, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Announces Fall 2026 Exhibitions and Opening Celebration Preparations. PDF
- August 13, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Announces September 2026 Programming ENGLISH | SPANISH
- August 8, 2026: REVIEW: Mattatuck Museum Featured on Two Coats of Paint: The Mattatuck Museum was recently featured on Two Coats of Paint, in their review they analyzed our America 250 exhibition, About Face. LINK | PDF
- July 22, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Announces Fourth Annual MattaTrek | PDF
- July 18, 2026: CT Culture Corner: Smithsonian Taíno exhibition opens at Connecticut museum By Tracey O’Shaughnessy,Staff Writer | LINK
- July 17, 2026: Mattatuck Museum Featured on Crossroads Magazine: The Mattatuck Museum was recently featured on Crossroads Magazine, a program from the Office of Radio and Television of the Archdiocese of Hartford. Watch the full segment to learn more about the Museum, its exhibitions, and its role in the Waterbury community. Video courtesy of the Office of Radio and Television, Archdiocese of Hartford. © ORTV, Inc. All rights reserved.
- July 6, 2026: Portraits of a Nation in Transition LINK
- June 30, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum and Afro Caribbean Cultural Center to Present Smithsonian Traveling Exhibition Exploring Indigenous Legacy of the Caribbean| ENGLISH | SPANISH
- June 18, 2026: WTNH: Cruisin’ Connecticut: Iconic concert art on display at Mattatuck Museum for a limited time by: Ariana Bos | LINK
- June 16, ,2026: 13 Connecticut Museums To Explore This Summer For A Day Of Art And Culture By sharon whitaker | LINK
- June 12, 2026: WTNH: 8 Things to Do This Weekend. LINK
- June 6, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Announces Exhibition Celebration for Better Late Than Never: The Art of Arlene Brown PDF
- June 5, 2026: WFSB: A Great Day with The MATT
- May 28, 2026: Art Daily: Mattatuck Museum presents 250 Years of American Portraits LINK
- May 27, 2026: PR Newswire: Mattatuck Museum Presents Psychedelic Splendor: The Concert Art of AJ Masthay & Helen Kennedy LINK
- May 26, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Presents Psychedelic Splendor: The Concert Art of AJ Masthay & Helen Kennedy PDF
- May 20, 2026: Mattatuck Museum in Waterbury to host Mystic Dead show tied to gig poster exhibit By Tracey O’Shaughnessy,Staff Writer LINK | PDF | Link | Link
- May 18, 2026: Mattatuck Museum celebrates Military Kids Month PDF
- May 12, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Presents 250 Years of American Portraits PDF
- May 8, 2026: Ct Examiner: Waterbury’s Mattatuck Museum Balances Art and Local Jac Lahav, LINK
- April 27, 2026: Republican American: May Events at Mattatuck Museum LINKhttps://www.ctinsider.com/entertainment/article/mattatuck-museum-mystic-dead-exhibit-waterbury-22267063.php
- April 16, 2026: Having a ‘good death’ is possible; we learn what this means: LINK
- April 13, 2026: Republican American: Internship Opportunities at Mattatuck Museum LINK
- April 9, 2026: Waterbury Observer: LINK
- April 8, 2026: PRESS RELEASE Mattatuck Museum Announces Summer 2026 Internship Opportunities for Emerging Museum Professionals LINK
- April 7, 2026: PRESS RELEASE 17th Annual Brass Button and Waterbury Clock Legacy Awards: Mattatuck Museum Honors Community Leaders for Civic and Philanthropic Impact LINK
- March 25, 2026: Mommy Poppins: Bunny Breakfasts, Little Mermaid, and More Fun Things To Do in CT This Weekend, By Jennifer Coe | Link
- PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum, Riverside Cemetery, and Connecticut Death Collective Present First-Ever Death & Dying Symposium: A day of reflection, education, and community conversation around end-of-life care, remembrance, and legacy PDF
- March 16, 2026: We all die, but how do we plan for it? Death & Dying Symposium heads to CT next month By Tracey O’Shaughnessy,Staff Writer | LINK | PDF
- March 13, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Announces Cultural Travel Experience to Greece in 2027 English | Spanish
- March 10, 2026: Wende Caporale-Greene: The Art of Feeding Community By Fine Art Today LINK | PDF
- March 6, 2026: Republican American: Things to DO this weekend in CT Ciara Hooks, Staff Writer PDF
- March 5, 2026: 20 things to do this weekend in Connecticut: Isaac Mizrahi and ‘Dirty Dancing’ in Concert. Ciara Hooks, Staff Writer LINK
- February 25, 2026 PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Announces New Exhibition Ascendancy: The Self in Contemporary Art | PDF
- February 18, 2026: Republican American: MIXMASTER WINNERS announced JPG
- February 9, 2026: Fox 61: Nevermore Masquerade Valentine’s fundraiser at the Mattatuck Museum with Erika Arias | LINK
- January 29, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Announces MIXMASTER 2026 Award Winners PDF
- January 26, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Seeks Community Support for Critical HVAC Improvements Through “Heat the Heart” Campaign PDF
- January 23, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Acquires A Father’s Love (2021) by Boluwatife Oyediran PDF
- January 21, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: Mattatuck Museum Concludes Successful Giving Tree Fundraiser PDF
- January 20, 2026: CT Insider: The Mattatuck Museum is hosting an immersive Valentine’s Day masquerade by Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer LINK | LINK | PDF
- January 19, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: A Valentine’s Night of Mystery and Romance: The Mattatuck Museum Presents The Nevermore Masquerade An immersive Gothic experience inspired by Edgar Allan Poe PDF
- January 9, 2026: Good Egg Award from Newtown Bee LINK
- January 9, 2026: PRESS RELEASE: The Mattatuck Museum Announces Family-Style Dinner Fundraiser at Pontelandolfo Community Club PDF
- January 5, 2026: Secret NYC: This Museum Less Than 2 Hours From NYC Is A Must-Visit — With Over 12 Exhibits A Year, Art Workshops & More by Alice Carruthers LINK | PDF
- January 1, 2026: Republican American: 2026 sandwiches to ring in the New Year By Mary Ellen Godin Staff Writer LINK | PDF
2025
- December 30, 2025: WTNH Channel 8 What’s Right With Schools: Mattatuck Museum showcases art by students with special abilities by: Laura Hutchinson LINK, VIDEO
- December 29, 2025: Antiques & The Arts Weekly Q&A: Rebecca McNamara : LINK | PDF
- December 25, 2025: Republican American, Arthur Carter, famed sculptor and founder of the Litchfield County Times, dies at 93 By Kaitlin Keane, Staff Writer PDF
- December 11, 2025: The Register Citizen Arthur Carter, famed sculptor and founder of the Litchfield County Times, dies at 93 By Kaitlin Keane, Staff Writer LINK | PDF
- December 10, 2025: Mattatuck Musuem Announces New Chief Curator LINK
- November 20, 2025: Featured Exhibition on NARM (North American Reciprocal Museum) website for Beau McCall: Buttons On! LINK
- November 3, 2025: NYC’s Best November Events- Concerts, Holiday Happenings, & More Danielle Valente – Editor, Secret NYC : LINK
- November 2, 2025: Outside New Haven Is Connecticut’s ‘Brass City’ With A Revitalized Downtown, Museums, And Historic Charm by Sarah Joseph: LINK
- October 29, 2025: The Social Chase on air with The River 105.9 FM on Community Access podcast with Namanth Pitts: LINK
- October 27, 2025: Mattatuck Museum MIXMASTER 2026 Juried Members Exhibition: CALL FOR ARTISTS Fox40, EIN Presswire LINK
- October 16, 2025: 37 things to do this weekend in Connecticut By Ciara Hooks,Staff Writer: LINK
- October 16, 2025: The Mattatuck Museum Presents the Work of Beau McCall by Kalin Ned LINK
- October 9, 2025: Great Day Connecticut LIVE at 9 AM with Renee DiNino LINK
- October 9, 2025: Connecticut Community Foundation Awards Two Local Nonprofits: Town Times LINK
- October 9, 2025: 39 things to do this weekend in CT: Ciara Hooks, Staff Writer LINK
- October 8, 2025: Connecticut League of Museums Announces 11 Award of Merit Museum Recipients for 2025 LINK
- October 1, 2025: Connecticut in the Industrial Revolution: Making Buttons in Cheshire: Grating the Nutmeg Podcast with Mary Donahue | LINK
- September 24, 2025: The Calendar: “Buttons On! Beau McCall At The MATT JPG
- September 22, 2025: Mattatuck Museum explores influential artist’s career with ‘Ruminations: Rauschenberg at 100’ By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer LINK | LINK
- August 27, 2025: Press Release: Fall Hours PDF
- August 20, 2025: Waterbury’s Mattatuck Museum exhibit to explore political unrest and environmental collapse By Staff reports, LINK | PDF
- August 18, 2025: Remembering the 1955 flood: one of the worst natural disasters in CT history, Author: Kaye Paddyfote, FOX61 Staff LINK
- August 17, 2025: Waterbury’s OleSkool weekend festival this year will include Black history panel
- By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer LINK | PDF
- August 16, 2025: Flood of ’55 remains vivid in the memories of Waterbury residents 70 years later By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer LINK | PDF
- August 13, 2025: Press Release: Ole Skool Weekend PDF
- July 31, 2025: Innovations in the care and treatment of Alzheimer’s disease: Connecticut Public Ratio | By Kevin Chang Barnum, Khalilah Brown-Dean, Robyn Doyon-Aitken , Erica McIntosh, Megan Fitzgerald | LINK
- July 18, 2025: Art and memory ‘collide’ at Mattatuck Museum’s Alzheimer’s therapy program; Connecticut Public Radio | By Sujata Srinivasan | LINK | PDF
- July 14, 2025: The Matt receives grant to support after-school art program | JPG
- July 2025: Mattatuck Museum hands out Brass Button, Clock Legacy awards | LINK | PDF
- July 13, 2025: Waterbury’s Mattatuck Museum Features “The Body Imagined,”By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer LINK | PDF
- July 7, 2025: Mattatuck Museum Debuts New Exhibition from Bank of America Collection, Jillian Andrews LINK
- June 30, 2025: Waterbury museum boosts its collection of women artists with five new pieces By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer LINK
- June 28, 2025: Waterbury museum program brings art and connection to those facing Alzheimer’s By Cris Villalonga-Vivoni, Staff Writer | LINK
- June 26, 2025: Waterbury museum’s new exhibit showcases work by participants from Alzheimer’s CT chapter By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer | LINK
- June 25, 2025: Featured on NARM (North American Reciprocal Museum Association) website. | LINK
- June 24, 2025: Locavore: Waterbury museum explores ice cream’s local history, adds a sundae on top By Kellie Lambert, Correspondent. | LINK
- June 22, 2025: The Button Museum was featured in CT POST Magazine. | LINK
- June 16, 2025: Fox 61 News:
- June 9, 2025: Mattatuck invites travelers to 2026 art tour of France | PDF
- June 7, 2025: The MATT announces winners of Brass Button Awards, event planned later this month | PDF
- May 31, 2025: Waterbury museum boosts its collection of women artists with five new pieces By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer. | LINK | PDF
- May 22, 2025: Waterbury’s Mattatuck Museum raises $25K with its third annual MattaTrek hike By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer. | LINK
- April 27, 2025: Waterbury’s Mattatuck Museum features art of late civil rights activist Elizabeth Catlett By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer. | LINK | PDF
- April 10, 2025: Waterbury’s Mattatuck Museum exhibit explores art of leisure and travel By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer. | LINK | PDF
- April 7, 2025: Mattatuck wears purple for military kids, by John Cullen. PDF
- April 6, 2025: New hips, arthritis relief spur museum director’s MattaTrek hike by Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer. PDF
- April 5, 2025: Program features art created by unhoused in Waterbury area By Ronan Himerlick, Digital Content Producer. | LINK
- April 1, 2025 Take a hike, Republican American: PDF
- March/April 2025 American Fine Art Magazine: Curator Chat. | LINK | PDF
- March 23, 2025: Georgia O’Keeffe and Kay Sage exhibited at Mattatuck in Waterbury By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer. | LINK
- March 2025: O’Keeffe in Conversation: Activating the Mattatuck Museum’s Collection with Georgia O’Keeffe Museum: LINK
- Great Day CT:
- March 2025: Litchfield Magazine: On Our Radar. Page 1 | Page 2
- March 2025: Artscope Magazine. | PDF
- February 20, 2025: Mattatuck shows off work of modern women by Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Republican American | PDF
- February 17, 2025: Georgia O’Keefe and Kay Sage paintings will be displayed together in new exhibit in Connecticut By Troy McMullen, Correspondent | LINK
- February 16, 2025: American Classics: Cornwall art dealer’s donations expands Mattatuck’s collection by Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Republican American | PDF
- February 2025: Photos show changing Greater Waterbury and Naugatuck Valley | PDF
- February 12, 2025: Museum Open House: The Mattatuck Museum with NewTV Community | LINK
- February 2, 2025: Homeward Bound By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer | PDF
- February 1, 2025: Simpson Painting made permanent in Waterbury Museum by Shirley Murtha, Granby Drummer LINK | PDF
- January 16, 2025: New Exhibitions open at Waterbury’s Mattatuck By Tracey O’Shaughnessy, Staff Writer | PDF
2024
- November 19, 2024: COVID Conversations Lead To Publication Of Enjoyable Memoir By Sam Cross, Newtown Bee | LINK
- September 25, 2024: The Waterbury: LINK
- September 16, 2024: Westerly’s Rick “Fly Hawk” Koch donates Ted Williams memorabilia to Mattatuck By Nancy Burns-Fusaro, Staff Writer. | LINK
- September 19, 2024: Connecticut Families: Mattatuck Museum features works by artists with autism | LINK
- September 13, 2024: Waterbury’s Mattatuck Museum will debut “The Body Imagined” exhibit June 22 | PDF
- June 14, 2024: Subversive Sewing: “Stitching the Revolution” Highlights Quilting As Radical Artform By Jacquelyn Gleisner, Arts Writer. | LINK
2023
- August 19, 2023: Roberto Clemente’s son visits Waterbury exhibit dedicated to his father: ‘Feels like going back in time’ By Jailene Cuevas, Staff Writer. | LINK
2022
- December 5, 2022: “I Get To Bring Something Home:” The Mattatuck Museum Returns Its First Native Object By Lucy Gellman, Editor. | LINK
- November-December Harvard Magazine: Downtown Oasis By Nell Porter-Brown, Assistant Editor. | LINK
- April 1, 2022: Mattatuck Museum celebrates director’s 10th anniversary By The Register Citizen, Staff Writer. | LINK
- January 26, 2022: Mattatuck Museum welecomes chief curator By The Register Citizen, Staff Writer. | LINK
2021
2019
2018
- March 28, 2018: Mattatuck Museum’s new exhibit reveals works by Sol de Witt | LINK
- January 14, 2018: After 215 Years, the Man Fortune Was Finally Laid to Rest By Erik Ofgang | LINK
2016
- January 13, 2016: At the Mattatuck, Henry Golden Dearth Goes Wonderfully Weird By Blake Gopnik | LINK