Albany International Airport Gallery

The Albany International Airport Gallery, a dedicated 2500 square foot space, has become a destination for more than 150,000 visitors annually and one of the premier exhibition venues in the Capital Region, Southern Vermont and Western Massachusetts.

Since its inception in 1998, the Art & Culture Program director and staff have curated exhibitions that are wide-ranging in thematic content and appeal, provide a rewarding experience for people of all ages and backgrounds, and have gained a reputation for excellence among travelers and the regional arts community. The Program, and the Gallery in particular, has been recognized in local and national publications for the innovative content and quality of its exhibitions. Highly attended public receptions are hosted to mark the opening of each exhibit and catalogs are produced for many of the contemporary art presentations. Gallery exhibitions are designed with great attention to visual detail and to upholding professional standards of security and object integrity.

Artists interested in learning more about exhibition opportunities should go to the Opportunities for Artists section of this website for further information. Located before the security checkpoint, The Gallery shares the third floor with the Observation Area and is conveniently accessible to travelers and non-travelers alike. Gallery hours are 7:00 am – 11:00 pm daily.

Current Exhibition
A Remarkable Past Objects of Outlandish Purpose and Astonishing Configuration October 4, 2008 - March 29, 2009
	A Remarkable Past, Gallery View
In Celebration of the Art & Culture Program's own historic achievement - a decade of presenting public art - we have amassed a group of extraordinary artifacts from twenty-five area museums whose preservation and interpretation of the past is vital to our understanding of the world in which we live.
Objects featured in the collection are some of the quirkier items in each museum's collection, and they attest to the eccentricities and creative peculiarities of human nature. Through items such as turn-of-the-century electro-magnetic devices, a hulking 1930's fat reducing machine and a dog treadmill for powering farm equipment, we learn about our ancient compulsion for new technologies and inventive genius. A nineteenth century adult-sized cradle, mittens made from the fur of a treasured pet collie, an elaborately carved ivory and silver baby rattle and the calipers belonging to one of America's greatest sculptors reveal the vulnerabilities of youth and old age, and how we pass the time in between - with leisure, love, adventure and hard work. As individuals, the artifacts on view are curiosities that may confound or delight. Together they reveal a truly remarkable past.
Cape Buffalo, Pember Library and Museum of Natural History	17th century Dutch baby walker, Columbia County Historical Society
Museums: Adirondack Museum, Albany County Historical Association/Ten Broeck Mansion, Albany Institute of History & Art, The Arkell Museum at Canajoharie, Bennington Museum, Berkshire Museum, Chapman Historical Museum, The Clark, Chesterwood, A National Trust Historic Site, Columbia County Historical Society, Hancock Shaker Village, Historic Cherry Hill, The Hyde Collection, National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, New York State Museum, Old Fort Johnson, The Pember Library and Museum of Natural History, Rensselaer County Historical Society, Saratoga County Historical Society at the Brookside Museum, The Saratoga Springs History Museum, Schenectady County Historical Society, Schenectady Museum and Suits-Bueche Planetarium, Shaker Museum and Library, Slate Valley Museum, The Frances Young Tang Teaching Museum and Art Gallery at Skidmore College
Wooden mannequin belonging to sculptor Daniel Chester French, Chesterwood, A National Trust Historic Site	Ring Roller Reducer, New York State Museum
Flint enamel glazed ceramic cow, Bennington Museum	Bull Blinder, Shaker Museum and Library

Sharon Bates, Director
Art & Culture Program
Albany International Airport Gallery hours:
7:00 a.m. - 11:00 p.m. daily.
For additional information phone: 518.242.2241 or email arts@albanyairport.com