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Watercolor painting of Pintails
Northern Pintails by Darren Rees, Watercolor. Mass Audubon Collection; Gift of Pamela Pettengill, 2022.

MABA in the Wild: Mass Audubon’s Art Collection on View Across the State

April 17, 2025

This summer, the Museum of American Bird Art (MABA) hits the road, bringing a curated selection of pieces from the collection to eight Mass Audubon wildlife sanctuaries. Depending on the sanctuary, you can experience works of art by Charley Harper, Robert Verity Clem, Lars Jonsson, and more. 

Loons by Charley Harper
Clair de Loon, Charley Harper

Where to View the Art 

From June 1 to September 1, 2025, you can see art from our collection at: 

Broad Meadow Brook, Worcester

Tenement, B. A. (Tony) King

Wellfleet Bay, South Wellfleet

Greater Yellowlegs, Robert Verity Clem

Arctic Tern/North Monomoy—from memory, July 1992, Robert Verity Clem

Joppa Flats, Newburyport

Dowitcher, North Monomoy July 1992, Robert Verity Clem

Untitled [Semipalmated Plover], Robert Verity Clem

MABA Education Center, Canton

Ovenbirds, Catherine Hamilton

Untitled [Nightjar], Attributed to Chloe Talbot Kelly

Broadmoor, Natick

Downy Woodpecker, Lars Jonsson

Great Horned Owl, Nils Navarro

Pleasant Valley, Lenox

Cardinal Courtship, Charley Harper

Clair de Loon, Charley Harper

Hooded Mergansers, Charley Harper

Boston Nature Center, Mattapan

Magnolia Warbler, Penobscot County, Sharon Beals

House Finch, Pimalo County, Sharon Beals

Snowy Owl and Arctic Hare, Clare Walker Leslie

Song Sparrow, Cindy House

Barn Owl Studies, Robert Greenhalf

North River, Marshfield

Northern Pintails, Darren Rees

Blue-winged and Yellow-winged Warblers, John Henry Dick

Raven on a Roll, Robert Verity Clem

Untitled [Jaeger], Darren Rees

Marbled and Spotted Salamanders, Lars Jonsson

Untitled [Green Heron], Allan C. Brooks

About MABA 

Trunk Show by Sherrie York

MABA, home to Mass Audubon’s world-class art collection, inspires and educates people about the natural world through art. The collection includes paintings, sculpture, photography, and works on paper by some of the art-world’s most beloved artists, including Mark Catesby, Charley Harper, Lars Jonsson, Andy Warhol, and Milton Avery. It spans 300 years of art history and a broad range of genres, from sporting art and pop art to field guide illustration and contemporary sculpture.  

By experiencing works of art from MABA’s collection, and by seeing the natural world through the eyes of artists, we hope to deepen the appreciation for birds and inspire a sense of wonder that fosters environmental stewardship.   

Want to explore more art online? Visit our online collection and see what programs we have planned.