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Alabama
Montgomery
Museum of Fine Arts
One Museum
Drive
Montgomery,
AL 36117
334-240-4333
www.mmfa.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-9 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays, New Year’s Day, Veteran’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts is the oldest fine arts museum in Alabama.
Noted for its outstanding survey collection of American paintings and
sculpture, including works by John Singleton Copley, John Singer Sargent,
and Edward Hopper, the Museum also boasts an impressive collection of Old
Master prints, Southern regional art, and decorative arts. The Museum’s
permanent collection is complemented by an exciting array of traveling
exhibitions and stimulating educational programs that examine the diverse
facets of the world of fine art.
Arizona
Heard Museum
2301 N. Central Avenue
Phoenix, AZ 85004
602-252-8848
www.heard.org
Hours:
Daily, 9:30 am-5 pm; Shop, Bookstore: Mon-Sat, 10 am - 5:30 pm; Sun 11
am-5:30 pm
Closed:
Major holidays
The Heard is a living
museum celebrating Native people of the Southwest through its world
famous collections, spectacular exhibitions, colorful festivals, artist
demonstrations and residency programs. With
exhibition galleries, outdoor sculpture gardens, a trading post-style Shop
& Bookstore and Southwestern-inspired cuisine at its Arcadia Farms at the
Heard Café, the Heard Museum offers unrivalled experiences --
educational, entertaining, aesthetic and fun – of indigenous Southwestern
cultures. The Heard Museum’s galleries feature
a variety of traditional and contemporary Native American art.
Especially noted is the museum’s broad collection of about 1,200 katsina
dolls which includes a collection donated by the late Senator Barry M.
Goldwater. Work by top contemporary
Native artists is also featured in the museum’s collection of fine art,
which documents the 20th century development of the Native
American Fine Art Movement.
Arkansas
El Dorado
South Arkansas Arts Center
110th East 5th
Street
El Dorado, AR 71730
870-862-5474
www.saac-arts.org
Hours:
Mon-Fri, 9 am-5 pm
Closed:
Saturdays and Sundays
The South Arkansas Arts Center is the cultural link for people living in
South Arkansas and North Louisiana. Because it is SAAC’s mission to
educate and entertain it provides monthly gallery exhibits featuring
local, regional and nationally acclaimed artists, a season of community
theatre productions annually, classes for children and adults in visual
arts, photography, ballet, music, and drama on site as well as
Artists-in-Education in area schools. SAAC’s 22,500 facility houses three
art galleries, a ballet studio, a 206 seat theatre, a scene and costume
shop, a photography studio, educational classroom space, and an open
studio for artists offered free of charge to anyone in the community.
Little Rock
Arkansas Arts Center
501 East 9th Street,
MacArthur Park
Little Rock, AR
72202-3952
501-372-4000
www.arkarts.com
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 11 am-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays and major holidays
Located in historic
MacArthur Park, the Arkansas Arts Center is the largest cultural
institution in the state. The elegant art galleries showcase the Arkansas
Arts Center’s acclaimed drawing collection, the largest U.S. repository of
watercolors and drawings by French Neo Impressionist painter Paul Signac,
and its impressive collection of contemporary craft and prominent
traveling exhibitions. The Arkansas Arts Center includes a Children’s
Theatre, Museum School, Best Impressions Restaurant, and Museum Shop,
which features unique works by local and regional artists.
California
Los Angeles
Charles F.
Lummis Home and Garden/
Historical
Society of Southern California
200 East
Avenue 43
Los Angeles,
CA 90031
323-222-0546
www.socalhistory.org
Hours:
Fri-Sun, 12 noon-4 pm
Closed:
Mondays
Hand built
by Charles Lummis, and located along the Arroyo Seco, home of the southern
California arts and crafts movement, the Lummis Home, a city, state, and
national landmark, is a standing testament to a time when individuals
believed in harmony with art and nature. Built of concrete and faced with
Arroyo stones, the two-story house has features inspired by the Native
American pueblo, Spanish mission, and Craftsman architecture. The
L-shaped house was designed around a large sycamore that inspired the name
“El Alisal” -- local Spanish for “place of the sycamores.” El Alisal is
surrounded by a two-acre waterwise garden featuring Mediterranean and
California native plants.
Craft & Folk Art Museum
5814 Wilshire Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90036
323-937-4230
www.cafam.org
Hours:
Wed-Sun, 11 am-5 pm; Museum Shop: Tue-Sun, 11 am-5 pm
Closed:
Monday, Tuesday, and major holidays
Located in an historic building on the heart of Los Angeles’ Museum Row,
the Craft and Folk Art Museum presents exhibitions and programs of craft,
folk art and design drawn from international, national and local artists,
collectors and museums, as well as from the museum’s own collection. As a
true reflection of Los Angeles’ great diversity, the exhibitions and
programs presented celebrate numerous cultures around the Globe.
Japanese American National Museum
369
East First Street
Los
Angeles, CA 90012
213-625-0414
www.janm.org
Hours: Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Museum Store and
Hirasaki National Resource Center open at 11 am
Closed: Mondays, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
Through history and art exhibitions, an expansive resource and research
center, family programs and video presentations in its one-of-a kind
Pavilion, share a uniquely American story at the Japanese American
National Museum, part of the Little Tokyo Historic District. From initial
immigration in the late 1800s to the unconstitutional incarceration of
Japanese Americans during World War II and the passage of the Civil
Liberties Act of 1988, the National Museum celebrates the triumph of
democracy over discrimination – for all Americans – yesterday, today and
for generations to come. Visitors can learn origami or visit the
award-winning Museum store.
Skirball Cultural Center
2701 N. Sepulveda Boulevard
Los Angeles, CA 90049
310-440-4500
www.skirball.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 12 noon-5 pm; Thu, 12 noon-9 pm; Sun, 11 am-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays
Hailed by The New York Times as “a lesson on how to connect the eye to
heart and mind,” the Skirball Cultural Center features an extraordinary
museum, changing exhibitions, diverse music, performing arts, family, and
literary programs, along with a café and museum store. Dedicated to
exploring the connections between 4,000 years of Jewish heritage and the
vitality of American democratic ideals, the Skirball welcomes and seeks to
inspire people of every ethnic and cultural identity. Guided by our
respective memories and experiences, together we aim to build a society in
which all of us can feel at home.
Long Beach
The Museum of Latin American Art (MoLAA)
628 Alamitos Avenue
Long Beach, CA 90802
562-437-1689
www.molaa.com
Hours: Tue-Fri, 11:30 am-7 pm; Sat, 11 am-7
pm; Sun, 11 am-6 pm
Closed: Mondays, New Year’s Day,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The Museum of
Latin American Art (MoLAA) is the only museum in the Western United States
that exclusively features contemporary Latin American art. Through the
utilization of its permanent collection, traveling exhibitions, and
programs, MoLAA educates a diverse Southern California audience about
contemporary Latin American art. MoLAA’s mission is to educate the
American public about contemporary Latin American art (created by artists
who have lived or worked in Latin America since World War II) through the
establishment of a significant representative permanent collection and the
presentation of dynamic exhibitions and related programs.
Monterey
Monterey Museum of Art
Monterey Museum of Art at La Mirada
559 Pacific Street 720 Via
Mirada
Monterey, CA 93940 Monterey,
CA 93940
831-372-5477
www.montereyart.org
Hours (both locations): Wed-Sat, 11
am-5 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm
Closed (both locations): Mondays,
Tuesdays, and major holidays
The Monterey Museum of Art features exhibitions from
its collections of early California paintings, including renowned artists
Armin Hansen, William Ritschel, August Gay, and E. Charlton Fortune. The
rich history of photography in Monterey is captured in significant works
by Ansel Adams, Edward Weston, Brett Weston, Dorothea Lange, Wynn Bullock,
Carleton Watkins, and Imogen Cunningham, among many others. Additionally,
the museum hosts important traveling exhibitions from other
institutions. The Monterey Museum of Art at La Mirada, just a short two
miles away, includes an historic house and gardens along with art
galleries designed by architect Charles Moore.
Napa
Copia: The American Center
for Wine, Food & the Arts
500 First Street
Napa, CA 94559
707-259-1600
www.copia.org
Hours: Daily, 10 am-5 pm; Cornucopia Gift
Shop and American Market Café open during museum hours; Julia’s Kitchen
open daily, except Tuesdays
Closed: Tuesdays, New Year’s Day,
Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas
Copia:
The American Center for Wine, Food & the Arts is the world’s leading
cultural center dedicated to the discovery, understanding and celebration
of wine, food and the arts. The Center houses gallery space for long-term
and changing exhibitions of art, culinary history and science; a 280-seat
theater for films and lectures; a rare-books library; an 80-seat
demonstration kitchen forum; a gourmet dining room named for honorary
trustee Julia Child; a tasting area with an expansive selection of wines
from across the United States; a 500-seat outdoor theater for concerts and
performances; a cafe and gift shop; and three and one-half acres of
landscaped edible organic gardens for hands-on learning about soils,
farming and viticulture.
Oakland
Oakland Museum of California
1000 Oak Street
Oakland, CA 94607
510-238-2200
www.museumca.org
Hours: Wed-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5
pm; first Friday of the month, 10 am-9 pm; Gift Shop open during museum
hours
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays, and major holidays
The Oakland
Museum of California is dedicated to the art, history, ecology, and people
of California. Visitors will find permanent and changing exhibitions on
three levels, in addition to an active program of special exhibitions,
gallery tours, lectures, symposia, classes, workshops, cultural festivals,
and performing arts. The museum’s extraordinary architecture and gardens
invite visitors to wander the four-block site and enjoy the views and
outdoor art.
Pasadena
Pacific Asia Museum
46 N. Los Robles Avenue
Pasadena, CA 91101
626-449-2742
www.pacificasiamuseum.org
Hours:
Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm; Fri, 10 am-8 pm
Closed:
Mondays
Pacific Asia Museum is the
only Museum in Southern California dedicated to furthering intercultural
understanding through the arts and cultures of Asia and the Pacific
Islands. The Museum’s collection consists of over 14,000 objects spanning
China to Australia and Iran to Hawaii.
Sacramento
Crocker Art Museum
216 O Street
Sacramento, CA 95814
916-264-5423
www.crockerartmuseum.org
Hours: Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-9 pm
Closed: Mondays, New Year’s Day,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The Crocker Art Museum was founded in 1885 and
continues as the leading art institution for the Sacramento Region and
Central Valley. The Museum offers a wide spectrum of special exhibitions,
events, and programs to augment its collections of Californian, European,
and Asian works.
San Diego
Mingei
International Museum Mingei International Museum
North County
1439 El
Prado 155 West Grand
Avenue
San Diego,
CA 92101 Escondido, CA 92025
619-239-0003
760-735-3355
www.mingei.org
Hours:
San Diego: Tue-Sun, 10 am-4 pm; North County: Tue-Sat, 1 pm-4 pm
Closed:
San Diego: Mondays; North County: Sundays and Mondays; both locations
closed: New Year’s Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and
Christmas
Mingei International Museum presents dynamic, changing exhibitions of
historical and contemporary folk art, craft and design, fulfilling the
Museum’s mission of "furthering understanding of art of people from all
cultures of the world." Exhibitions are composed of the finest examples
of creative expression, allowing the objects to speak for themselves of
the similarities and distinctions of individuals and cultures through the
universal language of line, form and color.
San Francisco
Asian Art Museum
Chong-Moon
Lee Center for Asian Art and Culture
200 Larkin
Street, Civic Center Plaza
San
Francisco, CA 94102-4734
415-581-3500
www.asianart.org
Hours:
Tue-Sun, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-9 pm
Closed: Mondays, New Years Day, Thanksgiving,
Christmas, and during certain large scale Civic Center Events (please call
ahead)
The Asian Art Museum is the largest
museum in North America devoted exclusively to Asian art, with masterworks
from more than 40 Asian cultures, spanning 6,000 years. Valued at more
than $4 billion, the collection is San Francisco’s second most valuable
asset after its real estate. The entire ground floor is devoted to
world-class special exhibitions, including a continuing series featuring
contemporary Asian artists. Thursday through Sunday, 12 noon to 4 pm,
AsiaAlive! offers artist demonstrations, hands-on activities, videos,
and a reading corner. There are also frequent performances of Asian music
and dance. Café Asia presents a unique and affordable menu of delicacies
from various cultures. The museum reopened in 2003 in an expanded new
home -- the city’s former main library, a 1917 Beaux Arts-style building
recognized as one of San Francisco’s most important historic structures.
The renovation was designed by internationally renowned Italian architect
Gae Aulenti famous for adapting a Paris train station into the Musée
d’Orsay.
California Historical Society Museum and Store
678 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 34105
415-357-1848
www.californiahistoricalsociety.org/exhibits/index.html
Hours:
Wed-Sat, 12 noon-4:30 pm
Closed:
Sun-Tue; the Museum and Store close periodically for holidays (please call
ahead)
The California Historical Society was founded in 1871 and is a statewide
membership-based organization. Its mission is to engage the public’s
interest and participation in collecting, preserving, and presenting art,
artifacts, and written materials relevant to the history of California and
to support historical research, publication, and educational activities.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
de Young
50 Hagiwara Tea Garden
Drive
San Francisco, CA
94118
415-750-3600
www.thinker.org
Hours: Tue-Sun,
9:30 am-5:15 pm; Fri, 9:30 am-8:45 pm
Closed: Mondays,
New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The new de Young, set in
the heart of Golden Gate Park, displays one of the most significant
collections of American paintings in the West. Museum visitors will enjoy
a first-class schedule of special exhibitions; expanded gallery space
dedicated to the de Young’s collection of textiles; and art from Africa,
Oceania, and the Americas. Note: Reciprocal privileges are
extended only to museums located outside San Francisco.
Legion of Honor
100 34th
Avenue
San Francisco, CA
94121
415-750-3600
www.thinker.org
Hours: Tue-Sun,
9:30 am-5:15 pm
Closed: Mondays,
New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The Legion of Honor presents premiere traveling
exhibitions, complemented by its permanent collection of paintings,
sculpture, and decorative arts representing classical and European
culture, from ancient Egypt and Greece to twentieth-century Europe. The
Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts frequently changes its exhibitions
of works on paper, offering museum goers something different for each
trip. Note: Reciprocal privileges are extended only to museums
located outside San Francisco.
Yerba Buena
Center for the Arts
701 Mission
Street at Third
San
Francisco, CA 94103-3138
415-978-ARTS
(2787)
www.YBCA.org
Hours:
Tue-Sun, 12 noon-5 pm; Thu, 12 noon-8 pm
Closed: Mondays, New Year’s Day, Martin
Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day,
Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve
Yerba Buena Center for the Arts is the Bay Area’s premier venue for
adventurous art. Located in the heart of downtown San Francisco, the
Center celebrates our area’s cultural diversity with dynamic visual,
performing and media arts programs presented in world-class venues.
Local, national and international dance, theater and music performances
are scheduled year-round as part of our YBCA PRESENTS PEFORMANCE series,
as well as evening film/video screenings programmed throughout the year.
Community Engagement programs also explore the Center’s exciting range of
exhibitions, performing arts and film/video programs.
Check our
web site for a Calendar of Performing Arts and Film/Video events.
San Jose
San Jose Museum of Art
110 S. Market Street
San Jose, CA 95113-2383
408-271-6840
www.sanjosemuseumofart.org
Hours: Tue-Sun, 11 am-5 pm; Museum Store:
Tue-Sun, 11 am-5 pm; Museum Café: Tue-Sun, 11 am-3 pm
Closed: Mondays, New Year’s Day,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas
SJMA is the leading institution dedicated to visual
culture in Silicon Valley. The Museum hosts innovative programming and
events, as well as temporary exhibitions highlighting some of the newest
frontiers of art. The Museum’s Permanent Collection, which features
twentieth and twenty-first century artworks, with an emphasis on West
Coast artists, includes more than 1,200 objects in a variety of media,
including sculpture, paintings, prints, digital media, photographs and
drawings.
Santa Barbara
Santa
Barbara Museum of Art
1130 State
Street
Santa
Barbara, CA 93101
805-963-4364
www.sbma.net
Hours:
Tue-Sun, 11 am-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays
The Santa
Barbara Museum of Art, one of Southern California’s finest art museums,
features nationally recognized collections and special exhibitions of
international importance including antiquities; 19th-century
French, British, and American art with works by Money, Matisse, and
Hopper; 20th-century and contemporary European, North American
and Latin American art including works by Kandinsky, David Hockney, Milton
Avery, and Gunther Gerzso; Asian art; photography, and works on paper by
such artists as Degas, Picasso, and Miro. Museum visitors will also enjoy
the interactive children’s gallery, the Café, and Museum Store.
Yountville
Napa Valley Museum
55 Presidents Circle
Yountville, CA 94599
707-944-0500
www.napavalleymuseum.org
Hours: Wed-Mon, 10 am-5 pm
Closed: Tuesdays,
New Year's Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, day after Thanksgiving, Christmas
Eve, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve
Interpreting the arts, culture, history and natural
sciences of the world-famous Napa Valley, this museum features temporary
and permanent exhibits, including the interactive exhibit California
Wine: The Science of an Art and The Land and People of the Napa
Valley. Among the NVM collections are over sixty 19th
century watercolors of native California wild flowers and the extensive
Henry Evans portfolio of botanical prints. Located on the verdant grounds
of the historic Veterans Home of California, the Napa Valley Museum is an
architectural jewel designed by Fernau and Hartman. Weekend Community
Education Programs included in Museum admission. Docent tours and group
rates are available upon request.
Colorado
Boulder
The Boulder Museum of
Contemporary Art
1750 13th Street
Boulder, CO 80302
303-443-2122
www.bmoca.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 11 am-6 pm
Closed:
Sundays and Mondays
BMoCA is a dynamic venue dedicated to the presentation of significant art
of our time. The museum’s program vision is unique in its focus on the
intersection of visual and performing arts and in its artistic direction
and curatorial philosophy. BMoCA often takes artistic risks by presenting
previously un-produced work created by established, emerging, and
experimental artists. The museum’s role in the community is that of
contemporary art provider and educator, striving to inform our audience
about the relevance of today’s art forms by making quality visual and
performing artwork accessible and enjoyable.
Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center
30 West Dale Street
Colorado Springs, CO
80903
719-634-5581
www.csfineartscenter.org
Hours: Tue-Thu, 9 am-5 pm; Fri-Sat, 9 am-10
pm; Sun, 11 am-5 pm
Closed: Mondays, all Federal holidays
Since 1936, the Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center has
housed all of the arts under one roof. The Taylor Museum exhibits fine
art from the 19th, 20th, and 21st
centuries, as well as pieces from its collection of Native American and
Hispanic works of art. The Performing Arts department produces a full
schedule of Broadway musicals each season, a Play Series, and a Youth
Repertory Workshop. The Bemis School of Art offers diverse hands-on art
classes to community members of all ages. Note: Reciprocal
privileges may be restricted for special ticketed exhibitions,
fundraisers, or other events.
Denver
Museum of
Contemporary Art Denver
1275 19th Street
Denver, CO 80202
303-298-7554
www.mcartdenver.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 11 am-5:30 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5:30 pm
Closed:
Mondays
The Museum of Contemporary Art/Denver (MCA) is an innovative forum for
contemporary art that inspires and challenges all audiences, creating
understanding and dialog about art of our time. Formed in 1996, MCA
provides Denver with its first major contemporary art museum. MCA is a
non-collecting space and functions like the European model of a
kunsthalle, offering the ongoing presentation of groundbreaking and
thought-provoking artwork. MCA sees its role to be an incubator for
ideas, artistic exchange and cross-disciplinary dialog by presenting
diverse exhibitions, education and outreach programs. MCA also features
Museum Shop, daily tours by appointment, event space for rent.
Connecticut
The Aldrich
Contemporary Art Museum
258 Main
Street
Ridgefield,
CT 06877
203-438-4519
www.aldrichart.org
Hours:
Tue-Sun, 12 noon to 5 pm
Closed:
Mondays, New Year’s Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
It is the mission of The Aldrich Contemporary Art
Museum to be a national leader in the exhibition of significant and
challenging contemporary art with an emphasis on emerging and mid-career
artists, a world-class innovator of museum education programs, and a vital
cultural resource for our community.
Delaware
Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts
200 South Madison Street
Wilmington, DE 19801
302-656-6466
www.thedcca.org
Hours: Tue,
Thu-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Wed & Sun, 12 noon-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays and major holidays
The Delaware Center for the Contemporary Arts is a non-collecting
alternative space. DCCA’S exhibitions and programs explore the boundaries
of contemporary art and reflect cultural, political, religious and social
issues. Considered one of the most innovative organizations in the region,
the DCCA houses seven galleries, twenty-six artist studios, unique gift
shop, high tech auditorium, and classroom. The DCCA presents nearly thirty
exhibitions each year by local, regional and nationally recognized and
emerging artists. Past solo exhibitions have included Gregory Barsamian,
Willie Birch, William Cole, Mildred Howard, Christian Marclay, and Peter
Zimmermann. Group shows have included works by Gregory Crewdson, Leslie
Dill, Sydney Goodman, Mike and Doug Starn, and Kiki Smith.
District of Columbia
Corcoran Gallery of Art
500 Seventeenth Street NW
Washington, DC 20006
202-639-1700
www.corcoran.org
Hours: Wed-Sun, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-9 pm;
Café des Artistes: Wed, Fri & Sat, 11 am-2 pm; Thu 11 am-8 pm; Sun brunch:
10:30 am-2 pm
Closed: Mondays (except holidays), Tuesdays,
New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
Only a block from the White House and a short walk
from the nation's historic Mall, the Corcoran stands as a major center of
American art and the largest non-federal art museum in the nation’s
capital. It is a place where the past, present and future of the visual
arts come to life - the past in the museum's extensive collection of
American and European masterworks, the present in its ongoing exhibitions
of contemporary art, and the future in the classrooms and studios of one
of the most distinguished colleges of art and design in the country.
Gallery tours, lectures, concerts, films, music, and special events are
scheduled regularly; continuous program of special exhibitions; gift shop
and café.
National
Museum of Women in the Arts
1250 New
York Avenue NW
Washington,
DC 20005-3970
202-783-5000
800-222-7270
www.nmwa.org
Hours:
Daily, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm; Museum Shop open during Museum
hours; Mezzanine Café: Mon-Fri, 11:30 am-2:30 pm
Closed:
New Year’s Day,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas
Located in a
spectacular 1908 landmark building just a few blocks from the White House
at the corner of New York Avenue and 13th Street, the National
Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is the first museum dedicated solely to
celebrating the diverse artistic achievements of women. Since opening its
doors in 1987, the museum has presented more than 160 solo and thematic
exhibitions. Its permanent collection contains works from the 16th
century to the present, created by over 800 artists including Judith
Leyster, Mary Cassatt, Camille Claudel, Georgia O’Keeffe, Frida Kahlo,
Elizabeth Catlett, Lee Krasner, Helen Frankenthaler and Louise Bourgeois,
along with special collections of 18th-century silver tableware
and botanical prints. The museum’s education programs include tours, role
model workshops, family festivals, and literary, music, and film series.
The museum’s Library and Research Center (LRC) contains extensive
resources about women artists of all periods and nationalities, as well as
a collection of artists’ books, which are exhibited periodically.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st Street NW
Washington, DC 20009
202-387-2151
www.phillipscollection.org
Hours: Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-8:30
pm; Sun, 12 noon-7 pm; Museum Shop open during Museum hours
Closed: Mondays, New Year's Day, Martin
Luther King Day, Presidents Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Columbus
Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The Phillips
Collection is America’s first museum of modern art. Founded in 1921 by
Duncan Phillips, the museum has a permanent collection of over 2,500 works
of art including some of the finest by Renoir, Matisse, Van Gogh, Rothko,
Cezanne, O’Keeffe, Eakins, Whistler, Degas and Monet. Special
exhibitions, tours, concerts, lectures, gallery talks, and events are
regularly scheduled.
The Textile
Museum
2320 S.
Street NW
Washington,
DC 20008-4088
202-667-0441
www.textilemuseum.org
Hours:
Daily, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 1 pm-5 pm; Arthur D. Jenkins Library: Wed-Fri, 10
am-2 pm; Sat, 10 am-4 pm
Closed:
Federal holidays and Christmas Eve
The only
museum of its kind in the United States, the Textile Museum is devoted to
the preservation, study, and exhibition of handmade textiles. The
Museum’s collections contain over 17,000 textiles and carpets that date
from 3,000 BC to the present. Founded in 1925, the Museum presents
changing exhibitions which highlight the richness and diversity of the
textile arts, such as Oriental carpets, weavings from both Eastern and
Western Hemispheres, archeological textiles, contemporary fiber art, and
American quilts. The Textile Learning Center provides an opportunity for
visitors to learn about how textiles are made and the importance of their
cultural and artistic significance.
Florida
Boca Raton
Boca Raton Museum of Art
501 Plaza Real, Mizner Park
Boca Raton, FL 33432
561-392-2500
www.bocamuseum.org
Hours:
Tue-Fri, 10 am-5 pm; Wed, 10 am-9 pm; Sat & Sun, 12 noon-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays and major holidays
The Boca Raton Museum of Art is the cornerstone of a thriving cultural
population in South Palm Beach County, serving South Florida for over 55
years. The museum serves as the anchor of the expansive Centre for the
Arts cultural complex in Mizner Park in downtown Boca Raton. Its
impressive permanent collection of over 4,000 works include Demuth,
Glackens, Matisse, Picasso, and Seurat, outstanding 19th and 20th
century photography, a fascinating array of contemporary painting and
sculpture, and a distinctive collection of Pre-Columbian and African art.
The museum offers world-class traveling exhibitions, outstanding
educational programming for adults and children, a year-round Art School
with over 80 classes per week, special events, Curatorial and docent
tours, and a museum store with treasures from around the world.
Coral Gables
The Lowe Art Museum at the
University of Miami
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33124-6310
305-284-3535
www.lowemuseum.org
Hours: Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 12 noon-7
pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm; Museum Store open during museum hours
Closed: Mondays
As the first art museum in Miami-Dade County, and the
only one with a comprehensive art collection, the Lowe has long benefited
from the generosity of collectors who helped the museum acquire one of the
very finest collections in Florida. The more than 12,000 works in the
permanent collection include 5,000 Years of World Art -- Art of Europe,
Art of the Americas, Ancient and Native American Art, and Asian and
African Art.
Daytona
Beach
The Museum
of Arts and Sciences
352 South
Nova Road
Daytona
Beach, FL 32114
386-255-0285
www.moas.org
Hours:
Tue-Fri, 9 am-4 pm; Sat & Sun, 12 noon-5 pm; Museum store open during
museum hours. Hours subject to change during special exhibitions (please
call ahead)
Closed:
Mondays, unless there is a special exhibition
Diverse
collections unite at the Museum of Arts and Sciences (MOAS). Located in a
beautiful 90-acre natural setting in Daytona Beach, MOAS is the primary
art, history and science museum of the Fun coast. Visitors will see vast
changing and permanent exhibitions which include Coca-Cola memorabilia,
railroad cars, teddy bears and race cars; fine examples of 18th,
19th and 20th century furniture, paintings,
sculpture and decorative arts; the most extensive collection of Cuban art
outside Havana; a 13-foot tall skeleton of a giant ground sloth and
Florida history exhibits; African and Chinese art and cultural objects; a
96-seat planetarium; a 266-seat auditorium featuring diversified programs
including lectures, concerts, and films; and outdoor sculpture garden,
board-walked nature trails; and much more.
Fort Lauderdale
Museum of Art/Fort
Lauderdale
One
East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort
Lauderdale, FL 33301
954-525-5500
www.moafl.org
Hours:
Wed-Mon, 11 am-7 pm; Thu, 11
am-9 pm
Closed: Tuesdays, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and
major national holidays (please call ahead)
The Museum of Art/Fort Lauderdale, one of Florida’s
premiere cultural attractions, is located in the heart of the Riverwalk
Arts and Entertainment District in downtown Fort Lauderdale.
Among the Museum's permanent collections
are American and European modern and contemporary art, Picasso ceramics,
and contemporary Cuban art. The Museum also has a comprehensive
collection of the work of the American impressionist William Glackens, as
well as one of the country's largest collections of works by the Northern
European artists who collectively make up the movement known as CoBrA
(named for the cities of Copenhagen, Brussels, and Amsterdam). Housed
in an architecturally significant building designed by the renowned
architect Edward Larrabee Barnes, the Museum
schedules ambitious education programs offering art classes in a variety
of media and subjects for all ages and skill levels, and features weekly
special events ranging from jazz concerts to lectures to yoga lessons.
Note:
Reciprocal privileges may
be restricted for special ticketed exhibitions.
Fort Myers
Edison & Ford Winter Estates
2350 McGregor Boulevard
Fort Myers, FL 33901
239-334-7419
www.edison-ford-estate.com
Hours:
Daily, 9 am-5:30 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5:30 pm; Sun, last tour 4 pm; annual
Holiday House Event during December, 5 pm-9 pm
Closed:
Thanksgiving and Christmas
The
Edison & Ford Winter Estates is a National Register Historic Site, Florida
Historic Landmark and was designated by the National Trust Historic
Preservation/Save America’s Treasure as one of 12 Restore America Sites
nationally. The Estates encompasses approximately 19 acres and includes
the historic homes of Thomas Edison and Henry Ford, Edison’s Botanical
Laboratory, Botanical, Research & Ornamental Gardens, Museum & Store,
Banyan Café and River Cruises on a replica of Edison’s Electric Launch.
The Estates offers special exhibitions, weekly botanical tours,
educational programs, activities and family events throughout the year.
Special events and meeting space is available.
Jacksonville
The Cummer
Museum of Art & Gardens
829 Riverside Avenue
www.cummer.org
Hours: Tue & Thu, 10 am-9 pm; Wed, Fri, &
Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm; Art Library open for research during
select hours; Museum store open during museum hours
Closed: Mondays and major holidays
The Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens is located on the
St. Johns River in the Riverside Avondale historic district in
Jacksonville, just minutes from downtown. The Cummer is the largest
museum in Northeast Florida and the second largest art museum in the
state. It is noted for its collection of more than 6,000 masterworks of
American and European paintings, beautiful historic gardens in the
European style, and an outstanding collection of Meissen porcelain. Art
Connections is the museum’s nationally renowned interactive learning
center where visitors experience art through all senses. Museum
programming includes lectures, films, studio classes, guided tours,
special events, and traveling exhibitions. Visit the website to see
what’s coming up at The Cummer.
Jacksonville
Museum of Modern Art
333 North
Laura Street - on Hemming Plaza
Jacksonville, FL 32202
904-366-6911
www.jmoma.org
Hours:
Tue & Fri, 11 am-5 pm; Wed & Thu, 11 am-9 pm; Sat, 11 am-4 pm; Sun, 12
noon-4 pm
Closed:
Mondays
The Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art (JMOMA) is the
exciting new cultural destination in the heart of downtown Jacksonville on
Historic Hemming Plaza. Our mission is to build community through
contemporary visual art. The Museum’s permanent collection includes
outstanding works by regional, national, and international Modern and
Contemporary artists such as Helen Frankenthaler, Joan Miro, Pablo
Picasso, Alexander Calder, Philip Pearlstein, James Rosenquist, and Jerry
Serra. JMOMA offers a wide range of programming including traveling
exhibitions, studio art classes, lectures, concerts, films, performances,
guided tours, and special events. Often cited as “the best shopping in
Jacksonville,” JMOMA’s Museum Shop offers the best in contemporary art and
craft. Café Nola features innovative American cuisine in a casual yet
upscale setting.
Largo
Gulf Coast Museum of Art
12211 Walsingham Road
Largo, FL 33778
727-518-6833
www.gulfcoastmuseum.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-4 pm; Sun, 12 noon-4 pm
Closed:
Mondays
GCMA, located in Pinewood
Cultural Park, features permanent and changing exhibitions of contemporary
art created by Florida artists from 1960 forward and fine contemporary
craft media objects from the Southeastern U.S. Educational programs that
supplement the exhibitions include lectures, programs, films, festivals,
tours and more. GCMA also partners with St. Petersburg College to offer
classes and workshops for children and adults in ceramics, metalsmithing,
painting, sculpture, photography and drawing.
Melbourne
Brevard
Museum of Art & Science
1463
Highland Avenue
Melbourne,
FL 32935
321-242-0737
www.artandscience.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 1 pm-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays and major holidays
The Brevard
Museum of Art & Science has an active schedule of diverse changing
exhibitions, jazz concerts, artist workshops, lectures, and gallery
walks. The Ruth Cote Clemente Science Center features hands-on exhibits
for children. The Renee Foosaner Education Center offers a wide range of
studio classes for adults and children.
Miami
The Miami Art Museum (MAM)
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130
305-375-3000
www.miamiartmuseum.org
Hours:
Tue-Fri, 10 am-5 pm; Sat & Sun, 12 noon-5 pm; third Thu of the month, 10
am-9 pm
Closed:
Mondays, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The Miami Art Museum is at the very center of one of
the world’s most vibrant cities, bringing international art to life
through world-class exhibits, programs and collecting. MAM is a welcoming
place that stimulates the imagination and inspires new ways of seeing and
thinking. Since MAM was created in 1996 it has made significant progress
in becoming the community’s flagship art museum. MAM’s permanent
collection continues to grow and reflect the museum’s inclusive vision and
dedication to art of the 20th and 21st centuries.
Art in America called it, “…the quintessential Miami collection.”
MAM has developed internationally respected exhibitions and publications
and created the largest art museum education program in Miami-Dade
county. MAM’s educational programs have served hundreds of thousands of
visitors of all ages since the Museum was established.
Naples
Naples Museum of Art
5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard
Naples, FL 34108
www.thephil.org
Hours: Tue-Sat, 10 am-4 pm; Sun, 12 noon-4 pm
Closed: Mondays, New Year’s Day, Easter,
Memorial Day, July 4, August through Labor Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas
Eve, Christmas, and New Year’s Eve
The Naples Museum of Art is a three-story
30,000-square foot building on the campus of the Philharmonic Center for
the Arts. A sculpture court connects the performing arts center to the
Museum. The Museum houses a world-class collection of important painting,
drawing, sculpture and other artwork in a variety of styles. Each season
we welcome over 100,000 visitors to the Museum. The mission of the Naples
Museum of Art is to enlighten, educate and enrich the community of
Southwest Florida to inspire creativity and awaken curiosity while
providing educational programs and lectures along with exhibitions.
Ocala
Appleton Museum of Art
4333 NE Silver Springs Boulevard
Ocala, FL 34470-5000
352-291-4455
www.appletonmuseum.org
Hours: Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm
Closed: Mondays, New Year’s Day,
Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The Appleton Museum of Art, at 67,000 square feet, is
one of the largest art museums in Florida. The museum’s permanent
collections and special exhibitions range from Antiquities to the art of
our time. The Asian galleries display the mysticism of Buddhism and
Hinduism in India and Tibet balanced by the Imperial splendor of China and
Japan. The Pre-Columbian galleries show one of the most extensive
collections of South and Meso-American artifacts in the state with a
specialization in West Mexican material. The African galleries highlight
the multitude of masquerades, shrine objects, and pieces of royal finery
used by the many cultures of sub-Saharan Africa. The strength of the
European and American collections of painting, sculpture, and decorative
arts date to the 18th and 19th centuries
representing Romanticism, Social Realism, and the Academic and Barbizon
Schools. A wide range of lectures, films, and musical programs are also
offered throughout the year. The museum shop provides a variety of
international gift items, books, cards, posters, and handcrafted jewelry,
as well as gifts for children. The museum’s Courtside Café is open to
groups by advanced reservation only.
Orlando
The Mennello Museum of American Art
900 East Princeton Street
Orlando, FL 32803
407-246-4278
www.mennellomuseum.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10:30 am-4:30 pm; Sun, 12 noon-4:30 pm
Closed:
Mondays and major holidays
The Mennello Museum primary collection consists of the outstanding
paintings of self-taught Florida painter, Earl Cunningham. The collection
also includes examples of art created by major 20th Century self taught
artists of the Southeastern United States. Paintings by major American
Impressionists and early 20th Century Modernists from private collections
are also shown. Traveling exhibitions featuring works by American artists
of the late 19th and early 20th century are also featured.
Note:
Reciprocal privileges are not extended between the Mennello Museum of
American Folk Art, the Orange County Regional History Center, or the
Orlando Museum of Art.
Orange
County Regional History Center
Heritage
Square
65 East
Central Boulevard
Orlando,
FL 32801
407-836-8500
800-965-2030
www.thehistorycenter.org
Hours:
Daily, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm
Closed:
Selected holidays (please call ahead)
The Orange County Regional History Center is located in downtown Orlando,
in the renovated 1927 Orange County courthouse. The History Center
inspires visitors to explore the rich, diverse history of Central Florida,
12,000 years ago through today. Located on nearly two acres, with
Heritage Square at the entrance, exploration of four floors of
state-of-the-art exhibits begins in the Orientation Theatre set as a
Florida back porch. Students of all ages enjoy field trips and community
education programs. The Research Library is available by appointment for
the community to explore and Collections preserve items from bygone days.
Unique rental facilities make events and parties historical. Memberships
and contributions are procured for special and ongoing exhibits and
projects. Note: Reciprocal privileges are not extended between
the Orange County Regional History Center, the Orlando Museum of Art, or
the Mennello Museum of American Folk Art.
Orlando
Museum of Art
2416 North
Mills Avenue
Orlando,
FL 32803-1483
407-896-4231
www.OMArt.org
Hours:
Tue-Fri, 10 am-4 pm; Sat & Sun, 12 noon-4 pm
Closed:
Mondays and major holidays
The Orlando Museum of Art’s (OMA’s) mission is to collect, preserve and
interpret notable works of art; to present exhibitions of local, regional,
national and international significance; to develop first-rate educational
programs; and to develop creative and inclusive programs that reach every
segment of a diverse community. The OMA’s outstanding permanent
collections consist of 19th and 20th century
American art, art of the ancient America’s and African art. Annually the
OMA presents critically acclaimed temporary exhibitions from national and
international museums and private collections and award winning
educational programs. Note: Reciprocal privileges are not
extended between the Orlando Museum of Art, the Orange County Regional
History Center, or the Mennello Museum of American Folk Art.
Osprey
Historic Spanish Point
337 N. Tamiami Trail
Osprey, FL 34229
941-966-5214
www.historicspanishpoint.org
Hours: Daily, 9
am-5 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm. Self-guided and docent-led walking tours
daily; tram tours available with advance reservations.
Historic Spanish Point
is a unique, 30-acre site overlooking beautiful Little Sarasota Bay in
Osprey, Florida. The museum preserves and interprets 4,000 years of
history, beginning with an archaeology exhibition housed inside a
prehistoric shell midden. The museum also presents Florida's pioneer life
through a homestead house, citrus packinghouse, chapel, and pioneer
cemetery. Additionally, Historic Spanish Point features formal gardens
and lawns created in the early 20th century by Mrs. Potter Palmer as part
of her winter estate. Nature trails and boardwalks allow visitors to
explore Florida's native plant communities, and the site also features a
Butterfly Garden. Picnic tables are available. Historic Spanish Point is
accredited by the American Association of Museums.
St. Petersburg
Museum of Fine Arts
225 Beach Drive NE
St. Petersburg, FL
33701-3798
www.fine-arts.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm, Sun, 1 pm-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays
The Museum of Fine Arts is housed in a handsome Palladian-style building
on the spectacular downtown waterfront. The MFA was founded by Margaret
Acheson Stuart and opened to the public in 1965. It is the only place on
Florida’s west coast where you can discover 4,500 objects extending from
antiquity to the present day, and includes works by such major French
artists as Frangonard, Vigee-Lebrun, Corot, Cezanne, Monet, Berthe,
Morisot, Gaugin, Renior, and Rodin. The Museum also has significant works
by the American artists Thomas Moran, George Inness, Robert Henri, George
Bellows, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Native American, African, Asian, and
pre-Columbian art are also on view. Galleries are devoted to photography
and Steuben Glass, and the MFA had two gardens, one devoted to sculpture.
Salvador Dalí Museum
1000 Third Street South
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
www.salvadordalimuseum.org
Hours:
Mon-Sat, 9:30 am-5:30 pm; Thu, 9:30 am-8 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5:30 pm
Closed:
Thanksgiving and Christmas
The Salvador Dalí Museum is
the permanent home of the world's most comprehensive collection of the
renowned Spanish artist's work. Compiled by the A. Reynolds Morse and
Eleanor Morse over a 45-year period, it is celebrated for its 95 oil
paintings, and features excellent examples from Dalí's four major
periods. With oils spanning from 1917 through 1970, the collection
provides an excellent overview of Dalí's major themes and symbols.
Characterized by its diversity, it includes the Impressionist and Cubist
styles of his early period, abstract work from his transition to
Surrealism, the famous surrealist canvases for which he is best known, and
examples of his preoccupation with religion and science during his classic
period.
Tampa
Tampa Museum of Art
600 N. Ashley Drive
Tampa, FL 33602
www.tampagov.net/dept_Museum/
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 11 am-5 pm; third Thu every month, 10 am-9pm;
Museum Store: Mon-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 11 am-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays
The Tampa Museum of Art is
located along downtown Tampa’s scenic Hillsborough River. Changing
exhibitions offer a balance of national, international and regional art
experiences. The museum’s collection of Greek and Roman antiquities is
recognized as one of the finest of its kind in the southeastern United
States. The museum’s contemporary collection of paintings, sculpture,
works on paper, photography, and studio glass are on view in changing
exhibitions throughout the year. Programs include classes, lectures,
daytime and evening functions, and group tours. The Guilders Museum Store
offers unique gifts and children’s specialty items.
Vero Beach
Vero Beach
Museum of Art
3001
Riverside Park Drive
Vero Beach,
FL 32963-1807
772-231-0707
www.vbmuseum.org
Hours:
Daily, 10 am-4:30 pm; Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Sun, 1 pm-4:30 pm
Closed:
New Year's Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, and Christmas; Mondays:
Memorial Day through Labor Day
The Vero
Beach Museum of Art is the largest cultural arts facility of its kind on
Florida’s Treasure Coast. The Museum features five art galleries, an
outdoor sculpture garden, a 250 –seat state-of-the-art auditorium, Museum
Store, and education wing that includes five studio classrooms, an art
library, seminar rooms, and a 3,800 sq. ft. outdoor studio and foundry.
The Museum is situated in Indian River County’s 54-acre Riverside Park on
the east bank of the Indian River Lagoon. The accredited Museum provides
cultural enrichment of the public through exhibitions, lectures, seminars,
offerings in the cinematic and dramatic arts. The Museum’s Art School
offers a wide selection of studio art and humanities classes and weekend
workshops for people of all ages at all skill levels, from beginner to
professional. The Museum is dedicated to the collection, preservation,
and presentation of important art with emphasis on American art from the
late 19th Century to the present.
Georgia
Athens
Georgia Museum
of Art
90 Carlton Street
Athens, GA 30602
706-542-4662
www.uga.edu/gamuseum/
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Wed, 10 am-9 pm; Sun, 1 pm-5 pm
Closed: Mondays, New Year's Day, Martin
Luther King Day, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving, and
Christmas
Founded in 1945, the Georgia Museum of Art was established with 100
paintings donated by Alfred H. Holbrook, a retired attorney from New York.
Collaborating with Professor Lamar Dodd, head of the University of
Georgia’s department of art in 1945, Mr. Holbrook sought space for the
collection in the basement of the old university library. The basement
officially opened to the public as a museum on November 8, 1948. The
overwhelming response to the museum and its popularity around the state
prompted the State Legislature to designate the museum the official state
museum of art in 1982. In its new building, constructed in the museum has
52,000 square feet with 9,000 feet of gallery space. The first floor of
the new building holds the 200-seat M. Smith Griffith Auditorium where
lectures, films, workshops, and dance recitals are held.
Atlanta
High Museum of Art
1280 Peachtree Street NE
Atlanta, GA 30309
404-733-4400
www.high.org and
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