Sewell C Biggs Museum of American Art

406 Federal Street
Dover, DE, 19901
302-674-2111

URL : http://www.biggsmuseum.org

overview : The Biggs Museum of American Art houses a personal collection that has been in the making for over half a century. A native of Middletown, Delaware and with strong family ties to the history of the State, Sewell C. Biggs has assembled an impressive collection that reveals his devotion to the arts of the Delaware Valley region.

collections : The paintings span two hundred years and survey major periods in American art, from colonial portraiture to twentieth-century Impressionism. The furniture and silver represent some of the best Delaware and Philadelphia craftsmen in the colonial and federal periods.

topics : American art, American, art