The Biggs Museum of American Art, 406 Federal St., Dover, Del., is open from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Wednesdays through Saturdays, and from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m., Sundays. It is closed on Mondays, Tuesdays and all state holidays.

Admission is free. Group tours can be arranged. Special programming for children is offered on site and in programs that can be taken to schools.

More information also is available in the just-published two-volume set, The Sewell C. Biggs Collection of American Art: A Catalogue.

In the books, some 52 authors engagingly bring the extraordinary collection to light, in a survey that recounts 125 years of remarkable contributions by Delaware artists to the national arts scene.

The catalog sells for $125 hardbound and $75 softbound, plus $12 shipping and handling.

Opening at the Biggs on April 9 was the exhibit "Finding the Joy: Animal Sculpture by Charles Allmond." Allmond graduated from UD's College of Agriculture in 1953.

For more information on the collection, programs or the catalog, call (302) 674-2111, send e-mail to [biggs@delaware.net] or visit the web site at [http://www.biggsmuseum.org/].