South Carolina
Greenville
Bob Jones
University Museum & Gallery
1700 Wade Hampton
Boulevard
Greenville, SC 29614
864-242-5100
www.bjumg.org
Hours: Tue-Sun,
2 pm-5 pm
Closed: Mondays
and major holidays
The
BJU M&G houses one of the largest collections of religious art in the
western hemisphere. The Gallery permanently displays European sacred art
from the fourteenth through nineteenth centuries. The M&G displays works
by artists such as Tintoretto, Veronese, Reni, Cranach, Murillo, Ribera,
Van Dyck, Rubens, Honthorst, and Doré. In addition to Old Masterworks,
the Collection includes furniture, tapestries, sculptures, Russian icons,
and antiquities from the Holy lands. Tours, events, and programs are
available.
Rock Hill
Culture &
Heritage Museums
Historic
Brattonsville; Museum of York County; McCelvey Center
4621 Mt. Gallant Road
Rock Hill, SC 29732
803-329-2121
www.chmuseums.org
Hours: Mon-Sat,
10 am-5 pm; Sun, 1 pm-5 pm
Closed:
New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas
Historic
Brattonsville:
located in McConnells, SC, includes a 775-acre living history village and
Revolutionary War battlefield. The site also features 29 historic
structures built in the 18th and 19th centuries that
are used as backdrops for programs that chronicle development of the
Carolina Piedmont from 1750-1840.
Museum of
York County:
located in Rock Hill, SC, the museum features programs and exhibitions
based on art, anthropology, history, and natural history. Permanent
exhibitions include the Stans African Hall, one of the nation’s largest
collections of mounted African animals, a planetarium, and nature trail.
McCelvey
Center:
located in York, SC, the center is an historic school building of Greek
Revival architecture restored as a cultural performing and visual arts
center. The building houses a 560-seat theater for performing arts and is
home to the Historical Center of York County, an archival repository
providing resources for extensive genealogical and historical research.
Tennessee
Chattanooga
Hunter
Museum of American Art
10 Bluff
View
Chattanooga,
TN 37403
(423)
267-0968
www.huntermuseum.org
Hours:
Mon, Tue, Thu-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-9 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm; Wed,
Memorial Day to Labor Day, 12 noon-5 pm
Closed:
Wednesdays, Labor Day to Memorial Day; New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving, and
Christmas
You’ve never had an art experience like this.
Perched on an 80-foot bluff on the edge of the Tennessee River, the Hunter
Museum of American Art offers stunning views of the river and surrounding
mountains of the Cumberland Plateau. This panorama is equaled only by the
exceptional collection of American Art inside, long recognized as one of
the country’s finest. Visitors will not only be enveloped by the river
view from the museum’s new lobby, they will also enjoy a new café, museum
store, auditorium, art studios, outdoor sculpture park and architecture
from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. Once inside the galleries, the
inspiration continues because it’s not just about the art; it’s about the
experience. Visitors will see works of art as a way to better understand
American history and culture. A new glass pedestrian bridge connects the
Hunter on the bluff to downtown Chattanooga, just three blocks away.
Memphis
The Dixon
Gallery and Gardens
4339 Park
Avenue
Memphis,
TN 38117
901-761-5250
www.dixon.org
Hours:
Tue-Fri, 10 am-4 pm; Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 1 pm-5 pm; third Thu every
month, 10 am-9 pm
Closed:
Mondays
The Dixon
Gallery and Gardens is a specialized fine arts museum with over 2,000
representations of paintings, drawings, lithographs, sculpture and
decorative arts in its permanent collection, mostly from French and
American Impressionist and Post-Impressionist schools. Founded through a
bequest from the late Hugo and Margaret Dixon, the Dixon maintains a
vigorous schedule of outstanding traveling exhibitions from the finest
public and private collections in the world, a calendar full of special
events, and a comprehensive arts and horticultural education program for
adults and children. The seventeen-acre estate includes a stately
Georgian-style residence and gallery complex with formal gardens, open
vistas, and woodland areas. Included in the permanent collection are
extensive collections of 18th century German porcelain and over
300 pieces of European and American pewter dating to the 17th
century. In 2006 the Dixon will celebrate 30 years of providing quality
cultural programming in the Mid-South. Note:
Reciprocal
privileges are not extended between The Dixon Gallery and Gardens and
museums within the Memphis area.
Nashville
The Tennessee
State Museum
Fifth and Deaderick Street
Nashville, TN 37243-1120
615-741-2692
www.tnmuseum.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 1 pm-5 pm.
Closed:
Mondays, New Year’s Day, Easter, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The Tennessee State Museum collects and
preserves the historical and material culture of Tennessee and provides
exhibits for the enrichment of the public. In doing this, the museum has
amassed extensive collections of historic Tennessee silver, paintings,
ceramics, textiles, furniture and firearms. Its Civil War holdings of
uniforms, battle flags and weapons are among the best in the nation. The
exhibits begin with prehistoric Indian artifacts from 15,000 years ago and
go through the early 1900s. There are six areas: Prehistoric, Frontier
life, Age of Jackson, Ante-bellum, Civil War, and Reconstruction. The
State Museum offers changing exhibits on art and culture three to four
times a year.
Texas
Austin
Austin
Museum of Art-Downtown Austin Museum of Art-Laguna
Gloria
823
Congress Avenue at 9th Street 3809 West 35th
Street
Austin, TX 78701 Austin, TX 78703
512-495-9224 512-458-8191
www.amoa.org
Hours: Downtown:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-6 pm, Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Sun,
12 noon-5 pm; Laguna: Daily, 10 am-4 pm
Closed:
Mondays and holidays (please call ahead)
AMOA-Downtown,
reflecting the unconventional spirit of Austin, offers informative and
informal art experiences oriented towards the interests of a broad general
audience. The welcoming and centrally located galleries present
continually changing
exhibitions
and education programs that showcase an array of 20th-century and
contemporary art. Complementing the art on view are broad range of
accessible, interdisciplinary, and hands-on public
education programs
for schoolchildren, families, and adults. The
AMOA Museum Store
offers a wide range of art-inspired gifts, jewelry, books, and toys. AMOA-Downtown
also features the
Community Room,
a place for activities and private functions with gallery access.
Note: Reciprocal privileges are not
extended between the Austin Museum of Art and the Blanton Museum of Art.
AMOA-Laguna Gloria,
the Museum’s original home, offers a unique experience of history, art,
and nature. Visitors can tour the recently restored 1916 Italianate-style
villa that was the home of Texas legend
Clara Driscoll.
Inside are intimate art
exhibitions
and attend informative educational discussions focusing on art and nature.
Outside are lush 12-acre grounds overlooking Lake Austin including
sculpture and the revitalized historic gardens. This beloved site has
been declared a national treasure and is on city, state, and national
registries of historic places. It is also home to
The Art School,
a thriving hub of activity with more than 400 classes taught annually
where adults and children are encouraged to express themselves. AMOA-Laguna
Gloria provides a tranquil setting for
private parties and
community gatherings
year-round. Note: Reciprocal
privileges are not extended between the Austin Museum of Art and the
Blanton Museum of Art.
Blanton
Museum of Art
The
University of Texas at Austin
Martin
Luther King, Jr. Boulevard at Congress
Austin, TX
78712
512-471-7324
www.blantonmuseum.org
Hours: Tue-Sat,
10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Sun, 1 pm-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays
On
April 30, 2006 the Blanton Museum of Art enters a new era in its new home,
a stunning two-building museum complex, which will bring the museum’s
collections, programs, and visitor amenities together under one roof for
the first time. With this move, the Blanton will be the largest
university museum in the country and the third largest museum in Texas.
The Blanton’s permanent collection of more than 17,000 works is
recognized for its Old Master paintings, modern and contemporary American
and Latin American art, and an encyclopedic collection of prints and
drawings. As the only art museum in Austin with a permanent collection of
substantial range and depth, the Blanton serves multiple audiences,
offering a wide range of special exhibitions and public programs while
developing teaching, research, and educational initiatives. As the art
museum of The University of Texas at Austin, a flagship institution of
higher learning in Texas, the new Blanton will continue to enrich the
cultural life of the state. Note: Reciprocal privileges are not extended between the Blanton Museum of Art
and the Austin Museum of Art.
Dallas
Dallas Museum of Art
1717 North Harwood
Dallas, TX 75201
214-922-1200
www.DallasMuseumofArt.org
Hours:
Tue-Sun, 11 am-5 pm; Thu, 11 am-9 pm
Closed:
Mondays, New Year's Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
For
more than 110 years, the Dallas Museum of Art has been connecting art and
people. The Museum features an
outstanding collection
of more than 23,000 works of art from around the world, from ancient to
modern times.
Collections include art from antiquity to the present, with major holdings
in ancient American, African, Indonesian, and contemporary art, as well as
American decorative arts.
The
Museum also has a long history of providing varied and dynamic
programs,
events, and
exhibitions
to engage our visitors more fully with the art. Gallery
talks, tours, lectures, concerts, films, and special exhibitions are
scheduled regularly. See also Sculpture Garden, Gateway Gallery for
children, art reference library, and Museum Store.
Fort Worth
Amon Carter
Museum
3501 Camp
Bowie Boulevard
Fort Worth,
TX 76107
817-738-1933
www.cartermuseum.org
Reciprocal privileges may be restricted for special ticketed exhibitions.
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-8 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays and major holidays
A fixture in
Fort Worth’s Cultural District since 1961, the Amon Carter Museum was
established to house Amon G. Carter’s collection of works by Frederic
Remington and Charles M. Russell. The collection has since grown to
almost 250,000 objects, with masterworks of American art by such artists
as Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, and Georgia O’Keeffe. Special
galleries are devoted to painting, sculpture, and works on paper, as well
as to one of the country’s preeminent collections of American photography.
Modern Art
Museum of Fort Worth
3200 Darnell
Street
Fort Worth,
TX 76107
817-738-9215
www.themodern.org
Hours:
Wed-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Tue, 10 am-7 pm (Sept–Nov); Sun, 11 am-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays and holidays
Designed by
the world-renowned architect Tadao Ando, this striking building is
composed of five pavilions of concrete and glass arranged around a 1.5
acre reflecting pond. The Modern maintains one of the foremost
collections of postwar art in the central United States, consisting of
more than 2,600 significant works of modern and contemporary international
art, including pieces by Anselm Kiefer, Robert Motherwell, Pablo Picasso,
Jackson Pollock, Gerhard Richter, Susan Rothenberg, Richard Serra, Andres
Serrano, Cindy Sherman, and Andy Warhol. Visitors to the museum can also
enjoy lunch in Café Modern’s elliptical dining room set on the reflecting
pond or shop for unique gifts at The Modern Shop.
Houston
Contemporary Arts Museum Houston
5216 Montrose Boulevard
Houston, TX 77006
713-284-8270
www.camh.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-9 pm; Sun 12 noon-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays, New Year’s Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The Contemporary Arts Museum Houston is a non-profit institution dedicated
to presenting the art of our time to the public. As a non-collecting
museum its mission is to provide a forum for art with an emphasis on the
visual arts of the present and recent past; to document new directions in
art through changing exhibitions and publications; to engage the public in
a lively dialogue with today’s art and to encourage a greater
understanding of contemporary art through educational programs.
Utah
Utah Museum of
Fine Arts
410 Campus Center Drive
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT 84112-0350
www.umfa.utah.edu
Hours: Tue-Fri, 10 am-5 pm; Wed, 10 am-8 pm;
Sat & Sun, 11 am-5 pm; Museum Café: Tue-Fri, 8:30 am-2:30 pm; Wed, 8:30
am-7 pm; Sat & Sun, 11:30 am-2:30 pm
Closed: Mondays and holidays
The Utah Museum of Fine Arts (UMFA) is Utah’s premier
art museum. The permanent collection spans over 5,000 years of human
creativity and includes African, Asian, European, Oceanic, Native
American, American, Ancient, and Classical art. The UMFA compliments its
permanent collection and traveling exhibitions with a wide range of public
programming, including lectures, concerts, films, symposia, guided tours,
and children’s activities. Docent-led tours are available every Saturday
and Sunday at 1:30 pm or by appointment. The UMFA is housed in the
award-winning John and Marcia Price Museum Building (74,000 square feet)
located on the University of Utah campus.
Virginia
Charlottesville
University of Virginia Art Museum
PO Box 400119
155 Rugby Road
Charlottesville, VA
22904-4119
434-924-3592
www.virginia.edu/artmuseum
Hours:
Tue-Sun, 1 pm-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays
The mission of the Museum is to create an environment
in which our diverse constituencies can study and learn from the direct
experience of works of art and to promote visual literacy. Our programs
are developed to enhance visitors’ perceptions and understanding of world
cultures throughout history. In support of this mission, the Museum has a
broad permanent collection of more than 10,000 objects and exhibits
American and European painting and sculpture of the 15th to 19th centuries
including art from the "Age of Thomas Jefferson" (1775-1825); art from the
ancient Mediterranean; Asian art; and 20th century art. Highlights of the
collection of 20th-century paintings, sculpture, and works on paper
include American figurative art and photography. In addition to its
permanent collection, the Museum presents an ongoing schedule of changing
exhibitions, accompanied by related programs and publications.
Norfolk
The
Hermitage Foundation Museum
7637 North
Shore Road
Norfolk,
VA 23505
757-423-2052
www.thfm.org
Hours:
Mon-Sat, 10 am-5 pm; Sun, 1 pm-5 pm
Closed:
Wednesdays and major holidays
A true celebration of the arts, The Hermitage
Foundation Museum embraces culture within a beautiful riverfront historic
home. William and Florence Sloane developed their five-room summer
retreat into the sprawling 42-room public museum that houses an eclectic
collection, including Native American woven baskets, Spanish religious
icons and furniture, European ceramics, American Impressionist paintings,
hand-painted glass windows from Germany, ivory carvings, Persian rugs, and
Chinese tomb figures. The Hermitage Foundation offers docent-led tours,
12-acre gardens, contemporary art exhibitions, and seasonal events. The
community can also participate in art classes that are held in the
adjacent Visual Arts School.
Williamsburg
Muscarelle Museum of Art
College of William and Mary
Lamberson Hall
PO Box 8795
Williamsburg, VA 23187
757-221-2707
www.wm.edu/muscarelle
Hours: Wed, Sat, & Sun, 12 noon-4 pm; Thu &
Fri, 10 am-4:45 pm
Closed: Mondays, Tuesdays, and college
holidays; traveling exhibition spaces close periodically to change
exhibitions (please call ahead)
The Muscarelle Museum of Art is an AAM-accredited
museum located at the College of William and Mary. The Museum features
permanent galleries showcasing the collection of the College, including
works by Picasso, Henri, O’Keeffe, Dufy, and many others, while also
hosting special exhibitions that provide opportunity for the viewing and
study of works of art not otherwise accessible in the region.
Washington
Bellevue
Bellevue
Arts Museum
510 Bellevue
Way NE
Bellevue,
WA 98004
425-519-0752
www.bellevueart.org
Hours:
Tue-Sat, 10 am-5:30 pm; Fri, 10 am-9 pm; Sun, 11 am-5:30 pm
Closed:
Mondays, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
Bellevue
Arts Museum illuminates and enriches the human spirit through the fine art
of craft and design. The Museum is poised to be the Pacific Northwest’s
center for the fine art of craft and design -- a regional museum that adds
the voices of artisans to the national and international conversation on
craft. The Museum’s exhibits change three times a year and provide an
amazing sampling of handmade America. The Museum’s three-story, 36,000
square foot, bold glass, aluminum and textured concrete structure was
designed by internationally renowned architect Steven Holl.
Seattle
Henry Art
Gallery
University
of Washington
15th
Ave NE & NE 41st St
Box 351410
Seattle,
WA 98195-1410
206-543-2280
www.henryart.org
Hours:
Tues-Sun, 11 am-5 pm; Thu, 11 am-8 pm; Baci Café: Tue-Fri, 9:30 am-3:30
pm; Thu, 9:30 am-7:30 pm
Closed:
Mondays and major holidays; Baci Café: Sat, Sun, Mon, and major holidays
Founded in 1927, the Henry
was the first public art museum in
Washington State. Located on the University of Washington campus,
it is the region’s premier contemporary art museum and a national
leader in developing groundbreaking exhibitions.
The museum presents nationally and internationally touring exhibitions,
and recent work by emerging artists, with an emphasis on photography and
new media. The Henry’s collection of nearly 21,000 objects includes 19th,
20th, and 21st century paintings, the Monsen
Photography Collection, and pioneering works in new media. Coming in
2006: exhibitions featuring Lynn Hershman Leeson, Maya Lin, Roy
Lichtenstein, Stephen Shore, and Byron Kim, as well as new works by
Santiago Cucullu, Steve Roden, and Kelly Mark.
Spokane
Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture
2316 W First Avenue
Spokane, WA 99204
509-456-3931
509-363-5315 (hotline)
www.northwestmuseum.org
Hours:
Tue-Sun, 11 am-5 pm; first Fri every month, 11 am-8 pm
Closed:
Mondays (except Martin Luther King Day & Presidents Day), Easter, Memorial Day, July 4, Labor
Day, Columbus Day, Thanksgiving, and Christmas
The Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture, aka the Eastern Washington State
Historical Society, features a multi-acre campus with five exhibit
galleries, research library and archives, education center, outdoor
amphitheater, Café MAC, Museum Store, and free parking in our tri-level
parking garage. We are excited to share this cultural treasure with our
members and visitors.
West Virginia
Charleston
Avampato
Discovery Museum
300 Leon
Sullivan Way
Charleston,
WV 25301
304-561-3575
www.avampatodiscoverymuseum.org
Hours: Wed-Sat,
10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-7 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm; July & Aug, Tue-Sat, 10
am-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays
The Avampato
Discovery Museum is a unique organization which wonderfully unites art and
science. Located inside the Clay Center in downtown Charleston, the
Museum consists of two floors of interactive science exhibits and a
remarkable 9,000 square feet art gallery. The Museum hosts traveling art
exhibitions, and it also displays selections from its own Permanent
Collection of Art, which contains more than 800 works. Another attraction
at the Museum is the ElectricSky™ Theater which presents both planetarium
shows and large format films on a 61’ domed screen, one of the few
facilities in the nation to combine such sophisticated technology.
Wisconsin
Madison
Madison
Museum of Contemporary Art
227 State
Street (reopening April 2006)
Madison, WI
53703
608-257-0158
www.mmoca.org
Hours:
Tue-Wed, 11 am-5 pm; Thu-Fri, 11 am-8 pm; Sat, 10 am-8 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5
pm
Closed:
Monday and major holidays
The Madison
Museum of Contemporary Art (MMoCA) will reopen in the Cesar-Pelli-designed
Overture Centure for the Arts in April 2006. Its new facility will
feature greatly expanded gallery space, a video gallery, a works-on-paper
study center, and a rooftop café and sculpture garden with a view of the
beautiful Madison State Capitol. The opening exhibition, Between the
Lakes, will feature major commissioned works by Siah Armajani, Matthew
Buckingham, Lee Mingwei, Truman Lowe and Donna House, Nancy Mlandenoff,
and Alec Soth. This exhibition will be followed by Chuck Close Prints:
Process and Collaboration (July 29 to Oct 8, 2006), and LeWittX2
(Oct 28, 2006 to Jan 12, 2007) celebrating the works of Sol LeWitt along
with art from his extensive collection.
Manitowoc
Rahr West Art Museum
610 North 8th Street
Manitowoc, WI 54220
920-683-4501
www.rahrwestartmuseum.org
Hours: Mon-Fri; 10 am-4 pm; Wed, 10 am-8 pm;
Sat-Sun, 11 am-4 pm
Closed: New Year’s Day, Easter, Memorial Day,
July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas Eve, and Christmas
Rahr West Art Museum offers a Victorian Mansion built
in 1891 by Manitowoc pioneer Joseph Vilas, that was donated to the city
for use as a civic center and museum in 1941 by the Rahr Family.
Contemporary gallery additions offer changing exhibitions and a collection
of contemporary American art that includes works by O’Keeffe, Kuhn, and
Avery as well as Warhol, Jenkins, Francis, and Stella. The museum is
listed on the National Register of Historic Places and is accredited by
the American Association of Museums.
Milwaukee
Milwaukee Art Museum
700 North Art Museum Drive
Milwaukee, WI 53202
414-224-3200
www.mam.org
Hours:
Daily, 10 am-5 pm; Thu, 10 am-8 pm
Located along Milwaukee’s lakefront, the Milwaukee Art Museum’s history
dates back to 1888. In 2001, the Museum unveiled an expanded facility,
designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava, along with renovated and
remodeled permanent collection galleries, and elegant public gardens
designed by noted landscape architect Dan Kiley. The Museum’s
far-reaching holdings include more than 20,000 works spanning antiquity to
the present day. Its primary strengths are in 19th and 20th
century American and European art, contemporary art, American decorative
arts, Old Master Works, and folk and self-taught art.
Racine
Racine Art
Museum Charles A. Wustum
Museum of Fine Arts
441 Main
Street 2519 Northwestern Avenue
Racine, WI
53403 Racine, WI 53404
262-638-8300
262-636-9177
www.ramart.org
Hours: Tue-Sat,
10 am-5 pm; Sun, 12 noon-5 pm (RAM only)
Closed:
Mondays, federal holidays and Easter
The Racine
Art Museum has one of North America’s most significant collections of
contemporary craft of any museum. Featuring pieces in ceramics, fibers,
glass, metals, and wood, as well as painting, sculpture, and works on
paper, from internationally recognized artists, RAM seeks to elevate the
stature of contemporary craft to that of fine arts. The museum also plays
a vital role in arts education at its Wustum Campus, where for more than
60 years it has connected people with arts through exhibitions, outreach
programs and studio art classes for children and adults, taught by working
artists.
Bermuda
Bermuda National Gallery
2nd floor, City
Hall & Arts Centre
Church Street, Hamilton
441-295-9428
www.bng.bm
Hours:
Mon-Sat, 10 am-4 pm
Closed:
Sundays and public holidays
Founded in 1992, the
Bermuda National Gallery is Bermuda’s fine arts museum, located at the
center of the Island’s thriving arts scene in historic City Hall,
Hamilton. Artwork includes acclaimed temporary exhibitions as well as
permanent collections of Bermuda’s fine and decorative arts, 15th
to 19th Century European masters and African sculpture. A
regular program of guided tours, lectures, concerts, and special events
includes an Art & Architecture Tour, which must be booked in advance.
Every two years the museum hosts the Bermuda Biennial Exhibitions
showcasing the best of Bermuda’s contemporary scene.
Quebec and
Ontario
Canadian
Museum of Civilization Canadian War Museum
100
Laurier Street
1 Vimy Place
Gatineau, QC
J8X 4H2 Ottawa, ON K1R 1C2
800-555-5621
www.civilization.ca
Hours:
May-Oct, Mon-Sun, 9 am-6 pm; Oct-May, Tue-Sun, 9 am-5 pm
Closed:
Jan 9-13, 2006 and Christmas
Canada's Museum of Civilization
Corporation manages the country’s premier cultural attractions – the
Canadian Museum of Civilization
and the
Canadian War Museum.
Located on the banks of the Ottawa River in the heart of Canada’s
National Capital, the Museums are architectural masterpieces that house
permanent and temporary exhibitions which explore the rich diversity of
Canadian cultural and military history. Under the roof of the Canadian
Museum of Civilization, we also have the Canadian Children’s Museum, the
Canadian Postal Museum, and the IMAX Theatre®.
The McCord Museum of Canadian History
690 Sherbrooke Street West
Montreal, QC H3A 1E9
514-398-7100
www.mccord-museum.qc.ca
Hours:
Tue-Fri, 10 am-6 pm; Sat & Sun, 10 am-5 pm; also July & Aug, Mondays, 10
am-5 pm
Closed:
Mondays, except in July & Aug
The McCord Museum houses a rich and diversified collection that makes it
one of the foremost history museums in Canada. The McCord collects and
displays
over 1,375,000
aboriginal artifacts, costumes, decorative arts, paintings, and historical
photographs --
words and actions brought to life --
that bare witness to the precious heritage of Montreal and Québec.
Ontario
Art Gallery of Hamilton
Hamilton, ON L8P 4S8
905-527-6610
www.artgalleryofhamilton.com
Hours: Tue and Wed, 12 noon-7 pm; Thu and Fri,
12 noon-9 pm; Sat and Sun, 12 noon-5 pm
Closed: Mondays; the Gallery changes
exhibitions periodically (please visit our website for schedule)
Ontario’s second largest public art gallery in terms
of exhibition space, the Art Gallery of Hamilton permanent collection
comprises over 8500 works and houses one of Canada’s most comprehensive
collections of Canadian historical, modernist, and contemporary art. It
also has strong holdings in British and American 20th century
works as well as an impressive European collection. Reopened in May of
2005 after extensive renovations, the AGH’s banner exhibition, Heaven
and Earth Unveiled: European Treasures from the Tanenbaum Collection,
features over 200 stunning 19th-century paintings and sculptures.
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art
111 Queen’s Park
Toronto, ON M5S 2C7
416-586-8080
www.gardinermuseum.on.ca
Hours:
The
Gardiner Museum galleries are closed for
renovation
until late June 2006;
the Gardiner Shop is open Tue-Sun,
11 am-5
pm
The only ceramics-focused museum in Canada, the
Gardiner Museum of Ceramic Art contains 2,600 outstanding ceramics from
Europe and the Americas, including approximately 300 Ancient American
artifacts-the largest and most comprehensive collection on display in
Canada. The Museum is nearing completion of an
exciting
expansion and renovation
project. While the Museum is closed for renovation, our location
at 60 McCaul Street continues to offer clay classes for students of all
ages, from kindergarten through to university, as well as a stimulating
schedule of lectures, symposia and tours to ceramic-specific destinations.
Our temporary location features the Museum Shop, which specializes in
one-of-a-kind Canadian ceramics and is a popular Toronto shopping
destination.
McMichael Canadian Art Collection
Kleinburg, ON
L0J 1CO
905-893-1121
www.mcmichael.com
Hours:
Daily, 10 am-4 pm, including statutory
holidays
Closed:
Christmas Day
Experience the spirit of Canada at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.
The gallery features the art of the Group of Seven, their contemporaries,
First Nations and Inuit artists. In addition, temporary exhibitions
explore aspects of Canadian identity. Located in the historic village of
Kleinburg, minutes from downtown Toronto, the expansive log and fieldstone
gallery overlooks 100 acres of stunning woodland.
Textile Museum of Canada
55 Centre Avenue
Toronto, ON M5G 2H5
416-599-5321
www.textilemuseum.ca
Hours: Daily, 11 am-5 pm; Wed, 11 am-8 pm;
statutory holidays during summer
Closed: New Year’s Day, Good Friday,
Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and Boxing Day
Dedicated to promoting an understanding of human
identity through textiles, the Textile Museum of Canada (TMC) is a
nonprofit institution with a collection that spans nearly 2,000 years.
Incorporated in 1975, the Museum exhibits and conserves textiles from
Canada and around the world. Open seven days a week, the TMC is in the
heart of downtown Toronto, and is home to more than 11,000 objects from
more than 200 countries and regions, the TMC Permanent Collection
celebrates cultural diversity and includes traditional fabrics, garments,
carpets, and related artifacts such as beadwork and basketry. The Museum
offers a broad variety of exhibitions including themed shows based on our
Permanent Collection and contemporary exhibitions of the work of Canadian
and international artists. Off-site visitors may consult Canadian
Tapestry, a brand new website created by the TMC to explore Canada’s
cultural diversity through cloth. See more than 3,000 works of art at
www.canadiantapestry.ca.
The Phillips Collection
1600 21st
Street, NW
Washington, DC
20009
Phone
202.387.2151
www.phillipscollection.org
Reciprocal privileges may be restricted for special ticketed exhibitions.
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