Roslyn Harbor NY - Beginning on Sunday, August 26, Nassau County Museum of Art (NCMA) unveils a never-before-seen small exhibition of paintings by Pieter Brueghel the Younger. The famed painting, Netherlandish Proverbs, is included in this first viewing on the East Coast. Among the other works are Seven Acts of Mercy, The Wedding Dance and Merriment. The exhibition is supported in part by Astoria Federal Savings. On exhibition August 26 through November 4.

In conjunction with this exhibition, on Saturday, September 29, NCMA is presenting Sixteenth-Century Flemish Culture, the first in a series of Humanities Symposia devoted to Flemish culture. This series will go on to explore aspects of Flemish culture of the 16th and 17th centuries. The September 29 keynote speaker is Wolfgang Mieder, Ph.D., Professor of German and Folklore at the University of Vermont. Watch our website, nassaumuseum.com, for further details. For information about Belgium or the Belgium Tourist Office’s sponsorship of this exhibition, log onto www.visitbelgium.com . Sponsored by the Belgian Tourist Office, Flanders Region.

Nassau County Museum of Art is located at One Museum Drive (just off Northern Boulevard, Route 25A, two traffic lights west of Glen Cove Rd.) in Roslyn Harbor. Hours are 11 am to 4:45 pm Tuesday through Sunday. Admission to the main building, the Arnold & Joan Saltzman Fine Art Building, is $10 for adults, $8 for seniors (62+) and $4 for children; includes admission to the Tee Ridder Miniatures Museum. The Museum Shop and Red Room gallery are open all museum hours. Call (516) 484-9337 for current exhibitions, events, days/times and directions or log onto www.nassaumuseum.com