Fuller Craft Museum

I love museum’s. Somewhat.
Normally, they are located in the city, never have great parking, and are always busy and elaborate. After after 45 minutes in a museum, that’s been enough for me.
The Fuller is by far the BEST option, to avoid all of my pet peeves for museum’s. It’s located in a city, yet is located not in the center of everything and is set apart and has a large plot of land. It has a full parking lot, on site, that isn’t huge, yet isn’t ever too busy. The museum is also not too large, and a perfect size and selection of different art mediums to display. Additionally, the design is not elaborate and is just more of a regular, museum with a hometown, cozy feel. The toothpick exhibit is amazing and probably my favorite of all. Students artwork from nearby schools are also interesting and pretty. The outdoor exhibits and the beautiful pond are all exceptional, and I will be making sure to revisit in the warm weather to go out there.
Great museum I’d suggest to anyone looking for something to do in the area. Amazing. 5 stars.

Make sure to call ahead to ensure they haven’t decided to raise the price (from $ 8 to $ 20) on the day you’re visiting with a library pass they don’t feel like honoring.

A delightful second visit to the Fuller with family around the holiday season — an inspired couple of small exhibits on craft-​made furniture from Massachusetts (some really beautiful and/​or quirky pieces), basketry competition winners and entrants (dazzling) and some amazing Korean/​inspired textile works. And their charming little gifts shop. A beautiful setting as well. Only been there in the winter, so going to make an effort to visit again in the spring next I come to see my sister in Rhode Island. Do enjoy your visit to this special spot!

«Let the art touch you» — love the Fuller Craft tagline.
A beautifully-​done little museum celebrating contemporary craft with an oh-​so-​Massachusetts inspiring backdrop — woods, ponds, rock walls…
The «craft» distinction made here is that the object is functional and made by hand; the works showcased here more straddle the worlds of art in craft in that they’re more rooted in the (highly skilled!) traditions of making for function but with the creativity, expressiveness, emotional impact of «art»…
Fuller Craft has a rotating permanent collection and changing temporary exhibits — on my visit I encountered a contemporary blacksmithing exhibit, a gallery of incredible wall-​sized weavings with intricate designs and messages (I first thought they were paintings!), and one spoon-​passionate craftman’s collection of hundreds of woodcarved spoons.
I found one of the of the coolest things about the museum to be the benches for seating in the galleries — unique commissioned works of art/​craft themselves. It’s the one chance to really experience this «functional art» as you were meant to (with your butt). It’s difficult to resist holding a spoon, stroking a textured tapestry, picking up a mug, and to be denied by a «please do not sit» sign posted on what a label describes as the most perfect hand-​carved chair. They also try to mitigate this urge with a small «touch me» exhibit in a hallway (e.g. pieces of a violin to touch, add-​to-​the-​communal-​weaving! activity) but I think it could be done even better…
Great little day jaunt to learn about cool things people make. Or sign up to take classes and workshops and actually make cool things.

I really loved this place. So many unique and beautiful pieces. And one of the wonderful things about this place is that each time you go, you can expect to see something different. The galleries present exhibits of certain artists, art by subject, or art by craft for a certain period of months, and then the exhibit changes and they will feature something totally different. It’s a smaller museum, which means it’s not overwhelming.

We decided to have our wedding here. It truly is a hidden gem.
It’s right on the water and has a beautiful background of DW fields park, so there are a lot of camera opportunities. Don’t forget to get the duck or the fish art pieces in there!
We were able to have our ceremony and cocktail hour outside and the reception inside. They have a large reception hall, which made is just fine for our tables and dancing along with a stage for our DJ.
Kelly was quite helpful is helping us with the wedding and really came through at the wedding along with her staff to make sure everything came together like clockwork.
We found that for the price, this was a great place to have our wedding. You get a good amount of bang for your buck.
What a lot of people enjoyed was that you could have the party going all over the museum, so guests could enjoy the art, and also get away from the music and the loudness to chat more intimately.
They have lots of free parking and easy access to Rt 24 and multiple hotels that are nice and not seedy.
The museum itself has some fascinating art pieces and they change the exhibits often enough.
Lots of history here as I’ve attended other weddings here and I was brought here as a child.

I suppose for my 400^th review, I’ll critique the place where my husband and I entered into nuptial bliss.
As you drive through Brockton, you’d never realize it’s such a pretty place. You pull in and suddenly feel like you’re in the woods (minus the street traffic behind you). Walk on over the picturesque bridge, into the museum, past the gift shop and down the stairs.
From an everyday standpoint, this museum really is a hidden gem. It isn’t very large but what it lacks in size, it makes up in exhibit quality. Between the craft furniture pieces and displays, everything is just awesome to look at because it’s so well put together.
One of my favorite things? The sign that says, «Please don’t touch the art. Let the art touch you.» I think that says so much. It’s just a great museum. And pretty too. Which is why we ended up having our wedding here.
The courtyard contains a couple spouting fountains. But more importantly overlooks the lake with trees in the background. We had our ceremony there and everyone couldn’t snap enough pictures. It was stunning. We also ended up having our cocktail hour here. After, we went into the great room, which is a nice intimate space if you have less than 100 people attending.
I don’t think people expected anything like this on the edge of Brockton but I’m sure the museum will have many returnees.
So why the four stars? We had an issue where our coordinator up and left and no one bothered to tell us anything. We went through a couple days of panic until we could finally get ahold of someone and find out that there was someone in place. We never quite felt comfortable with how things would go with her. She did end up doing a bang-​up job but wasn’t good in allaying our fears (since we were planning long distance).
Still, if you live in MA, I’d suggest looking into this venue as a possible option if you’re having a smaller wedding.

My wife and I saw the sign from the highway while driving to Woods Hole for our honeymoon and were caught completely off guard by what is an awesome little Art Museum.
We were truly expecting something much more low brow and could not have been more pleased to start our honeymoon off with a bang.
The featured exhibit was about shoes, and the local shoe industry. It included a pair of local boy Rocky Marciano’s boxing shoes!
A large chunk of the downstairs was closed while they prepared for a new exhibit, but we did not care because we kept finding gems around every corner.
This is worth so much more than a detour from the highway!

Very nice museum in all ways. It is in a contemporary building on a lake which makes it very inviting and comfortable. I went to see the shoe exhibit and was pleased with the diversity of the artists, their works and their creativity. I also liked all of the other exhibits at the Museum. Membership is inexpensive and I love that they offer interesting workshops and even a members exhibit. I’ll definitely visit again.

I finally visited the Fuller Craft Museum for the first time yesterday, and it was lovely! I went to see the exhibit ‘Perfect Fit: Shoes Tell Stories’. I loved the exhibit (especially the beaded shoes), but I also loved the building. It is really fun and funky. I also love that it is in the woods and right on the water. The outdoor sculptures really capture the imagination! If you’re hungry, there is a very cool café with great food, as well as a cute gift shop! I highly recommend the Fuller Craft Museum to both adults & kids!
FYI, the adult admission price is $ 8. If you would like to go on a budget, check your local library for museum passes which you can borrow to gain free or discounted admission! Enjoy!

This museum is a real gem and it’s only a short drive from Boston. If you are thinking mugs and potholders when you think «craft», think again. This is an art museum with a focus on art made with materials like clay, glass, metal, paper, plastic, fiber and wood — but think 3-​dimensional, sculptural, cutting edge, innovative, contemporary art, not your usual paintings/​bronze sculpture kind of museum. While some of the art you will see is functional (ex: handmade furniture, blown glass), much of the craft you will see leans more toward «fine art» in its’ message and intent. This museum always has several different shows up at the same time, with work from national and international artists, and the shows rotate often, so there’s always something new to see. The gift shop has a nice selection of books, crafts from local artists, and a very nice selection of handmade jewelry. Great setting, with plentiful parking. Definitely worth going out of your way to see.

I make crafty art & I love artsy crafts so I’ve always wanted to visit this place. The museum itself is beautiful, if small, with several galleries of rotating exhibits.
I feel like the workshops & classes must be the big draw, because they all sound amazing & fun, and there are always one-​day workshops that especially appeal to mid-​career artists and craftspeople (as well as those for kids & non-​artist adults). Next weekend, for example, there’s a sculptural knitting workshop! Ooh la la yes!
I visited today, and I didn’t feel like the exhibits were enough to visit on their own. An exhibit of kinetic art, for example, had no pieces a visitor could view in motion and a poor quality video you could watch instead. Whereas all other kinetic art exhibits I’ve seen (ex.: Arthur Ganson exhibit @ MIT Museum, the whole Jean Tinguley Museum, etc) made an effort to have at least some of the work function during for the show.
Another exhibit had some wearable sculpture on display. One particular piece was hung at the perfect height to walk under & have sitting on your head. No signs visible saying not to touch it so I walk into it. A guard quickly, sternly corrects me. Yet a few feet away are archways made of newspaper that are impossible not to touch as you pass through.
A few more pluses: there’s a great array of art & craft magazines to peruse, the setting is beautiful, and the museum is accessible by public transportation (Commuter Rail to Brockton, BAT bus 4A or [long] walk or bike to the Museum)
Oh and the admissions staff is super charming!

Oh My!
Being a fine artist and sometimes slightly snobby about the distinction between Art and Craft, I wasn’t sure what I would think about this place.
I was pleasantly surprised, however, when I walked into professionally displayed and artfully inspired pieces made by local artists.
The building is wacky and has several galleries as well as permanent outdoor pieces and a memorial to the founder overlooking the lake.
YAY FOR Art!

Great place. Wednesday evenings are free. This museum exceed my expectations. The word craft is misleading. This place is more contemporary art than what I imagined as crafts. I would encourage everyone to check it out.

More or less a crafts-​type museum. They offer (not sure if they still do?) classes/​workshops for crafts/​drawing for kids and adults. I took a class in drawing here in middle school, very good if your high school (or wherever you are) has a crappy art curriculum. Classes are relatively well-​prices, usually once or twice a week for six weeks.