About
The Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art is a vibrant energy centre that celebrates
Bermuda’s culture and intrinsic beauty, uniting the community and transforming lives
through art and education.
Our History
The idea that three of America’s most popular and esteemed artists (Winslow Homer, Georgia O’Keefe and Andrew Wyeth) had visited Bermuda and made paintings inspired by Bermuda was the driving force behind this vision of repatriation. However, these lofty ideals seemed a reach too far-particularly given the mechanics in the engine room! In the end, passion, commitment and perseverance gave light and life to a new and true Bermudian identity. Yet it seemed to the naysayers and doubters that the likelihood of seeing any tangible, visible evidence would ever make it to Bermuda’s shores.
We are expanding!
Announcing Masterworks’ new expansion with an art and design centre in the Botanical Gardens
We are Bermuda’s cultural arts centre
Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art was created to provide a permanent space to open the eyes, nourish the mind and refresh the spirit. Celebrating the island’s culture and intrinsic beauty, through our unique Collection, Masterworks unites the community and enhances the lives through art and education.
We Believe…
- The arts educate, enlighten and inspire our Bermuda community.
- Lifelong learning is critical to societal health.
- Unlocking creativity within individuals increases curiosity.
- We must always celebrate diversity of background, opinion and perspective.
- We are accountable to one another, our supporters and our audience.
- The art of play must be taken seriously.
- Each individual has the power of imagination.
STRATEGIC PLAN
Learn more about our core values, goals, and initiatives that will serve as a renewal of our promise that the Museum will be a place for engagement, enlightenment.
MEET OUR FOUNDER –
TOM BUTTERFIELD
There are many words that could be used to describe Tom Butterfield. ‘Eccentric’,
‘passionate’ and ‘bold’ are just a few that come to mind.
The founder of Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art has always prided himself in marching to his own beat.
He first developed an interest in art while studying at Warwick Academy in the 1960s – in those days they experimented by dropping a potato in ink and cutting holes into it.