Parrish Art Museum

The Parrish Art Museum is a museum of American art located in Water Mill in New York’s East End, focused on artists connected to Long Island. The museum relocated to a new, purpose-built facility that opened in 2012 to provide expanded gallery and public spaces.

Permanent and temporary exhibitions highlight paintings, sculpture, photography, and contemporary art tied to regional and national art histories. The building was designed to accommodate large-scale works and to connect interior galleries with outdoor sculpture and landscape.

The institution originated as a regional museum with growing national profile and has emphasized commissions, public programs, and conservation of works by Long Island artists. The 2012 facility marked a shift to a larger campus-scale operation with expanded educational outreach.

The museum sits in Water Mill on the South Fork of Long Island, within easy driving distance of Southampton and other Hamptons communities, set among low-lying coastal terrain and agricultural land.

• 2012 building: The museum moved to a new purpose-built building in Water Mill that opened in 2012, replacing its earlier location and expanding gallery capacity.
• Regional context: Located on the South Fork of Long Island, the site is often included on cultural itineraries that combine galleries with nearby historic and coastal attractions.

What to See #

• Main galleries: Main exhibition galleries housed in a purpose-built building that opened in 2012, designed to display rotating exhibitions of American art with gallery spaces that accommodate large-scale works.
• Outdoor sculpture and grounds: Outdoor grounds and sculpture areas that connect the building to the surrounding Long Island landscape and host site-specific installations.