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- Allen Memorial Art Museum - Oberlin College museum with a collection of over 11,000 works by international artists.
www.oberlin.edu/~allenart
- Allentown Art Museum - Offering a full schedule of art exhibits, tours, galleries, lectures, workshops, and family activities in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
www.allentownartmuseum.org
- Amon Carter Museum - Houses a collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell and collects, preserves, and exhibits the finest examples of American art.
www.cartermuseum.org
- Armand Hammer Museum - Permanent collections include the Armand Hammer Collection of Art which is primarily composed of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist works.
www.hammer.ucla.edu
- Art In General - New York alternative art space with exhibitions curated by artists. Gallery also maintains an art-in-residence program.
www.artingeneral.org
- Art Museum at Florida International University - Collection emphasis on Latin American and 20th century American art.
www.fiu.edu/~museum
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Freer Gallery of Art - The National Museums of Asian Art at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington D.C.
www.asia.si.edu/default.htm
- ASAMA: American Sport Art Museum and Archives - A large sport art collection in North America, ASAMA currently contains almost 1,000 pieces in all mediums: paintings, sculpture, prints, posters, photography and assemblages.
www.asama.org
- Asian Art Museum of San Francisco - One of the largest museums in the Western world devoted to the arts and cultures of Asia. The permanent collections represent over 40 Asian countries spanning 6,000 years of history.
www.asianart.org
- Atlanta's High Museum of Art - Fine art museum in the Southeastern United States located in Atlanta, Georgia. Cultural tourism destination and entertainment attraction with special exhibits in galleries.
www.high.org
- Bakersfield Museum of Art - Museum website featuring membership, exhibits, special events, and educational programs. Bakersfield, California.
www.bmoa.org
- Bellevue Art Museum - Presents contemporary art of the Washington state region and has programs that connect art, community and everyday life.
www.bellevueart.org
- Bergen Museum - Serves the community by providing venues for important exhibits, expression of local artists and arts education through our programs and youth gallery.
www.thebergenmuseum.com
- Boise Art Museum - Idaho museum which presents twenty exhibitions per year in addition to permanent collection gallery exhibits and community events.
www.boiseartmuseum.org
- Brandywine River Museum - Presents the work of three generations of Wyeths and an extensive collection of American illustration, still life and landscape painting.
www.brandywinemuseum.org
- Brooklyn Museum of Art - With one of the finest collections of Egyptian art in the world, this museum also has within its permanent collection classical and middle eastern art, art of Africa, the Americas and the Pacific, as well as decorative arts and textiles.
www.brooklynart.org
- Bryant Foundation Collection - Collection of Caribbean Art, hosted by the University of Central Florida's OIR Web Site.
develop.lib.ucf.edu/Bryant
- Butler Institute of American Art - First structure in the United States built specifically to house a collection of American art.
www.butlerart.com
- Cape Museum of Fine Arts - Offers exhibitions, lectures, tours, films on art, art discovery trips, and summer art programs for children.
www.cmfa.org
- Carnegie Museum of Art - Museum features a central collection of international art and additional halls of architectural art and sculpture. Located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
www.cmoa.org
- Chrysler Museum of Art - Exhibits a collection of art works from contemporary times to ancient Egypt, located in Norfolk, Virginia.
www.chrysler.org
- Cincinnati Art Museum - Founded in 1881, the museum features 88 galleries and a permanent collection of over 80,000 works of international art.
www.cincinnatiartmuseum.com
- Cleveland Museum of Art - Collection of more than 30,000 works of art ranges over 5,000 years, from ancient Egypt to the present, and includes masterpieces from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas.
www.clemusart.com
- Colby College Museum of Art - Permanent collection focuses on American art with works by John Singleton Copley, Andrew Wyeth and Louise Nevelson. Located in Waterville, Maine.
www.colby.edu/museum/index.html
- Columbus Museum - Collects and exhibits American fine and decorative arts, prehistoric Southeastern American Indian artifacts, and regional cultural historical objects.
www.columbusmuseum.com
- Coutts Memorial Museum of Art - Includes an overview of the museum, special exhibits schedule, hours and contact information. Located in El Dorado, Kansas.
skyways.lib.ks.us/museums/coutts
- Crocker Art Museum - Founded in 1885, the Crocker is the oldest public art museum west of the Mississippi River.
www.crockerartmuseum.org
- Cyrus E. Dallin Art Museum - A museum dedicated to Cyrus E. Dallin, American sculptor, best known for his "Appeal to the Great Spirit" and "Paul Revere" statues. Located in Arlington, Massachusetts.
www.dallin.org
- Dallas Museum of Art - The museum's permanent collection ranges from impressionist paintings to contemporary sculpture.
www.dm-art.org
- Denver Art Museum - Presents a variety of international art throughout the year including traveling exhibits and displays from the museum's permanent collection.
www.denverartmuseum.org
- Duke University Museum of Art - Permanent collection ranging from Ancient to Modern art plus changing exhibitions, programs, and scholarly publications.
www.duke.edu/web/duma
- Erie Art Museum - Contains information on exhibits, programs, and events including classes, music concerts, and traveling exhibits. Also offers publications and internship information.
www.erieartmuseum.org
- Everson Museum of Art - The first museum built by architect I.M. Pei, the Everson features American art from the 18th century to contemporary work, including a world famous ceramics collection.
www.everson.org
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - site of the two Fine Arts Museums in San Francisco.
www.famsf.org
- Frye Art Museum - Collection of 19th and 20th century American, German, and French paintings. Located in Seattle, Washington.
www.fryeart.org
- Georgia Museum of Art - The Georgia Museum of Art is a significant resource for UGA, the state, and the southeastern region, with a permanent collection of over 7,000 objects.
www.uga.edu/gamuseum
- Grand Arts - Nonprofit foundation which displays over seven public art exhibits through the year and which provides specific project support for artists through its gallery and studio space, located in Kansas City, Missouri.
www.grandarts.com
- Haggerty Museum of Art - Permanent collection covers a variety of art periods and styles. Museum features a permanent exhibit of Old Masters paintings. Located at Marquette University, Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
www.marquette.edu/haggerty
- Hammond Museum and Japanese Stroll Garden - A not-for-profit center for the humanities. Through programs and events, music and the arts, the Museum seeks to provide links between the East and the West.
www.hammondmuseum.org
- Heckscher Museum of Art - Permanent collection spans 15th to 20th century, European and American paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Located in Huntington, NY.
www.heckscher.org
- Hill-Stead Museum - Art museum in a restored home containing collections of French Impressionist masterpieces by Degas, Manet, Monet and others, displayed amidst the furnishings of the original collector.
www.hillstead.org
- Honolulu Academy of Art - Museum of international art housing over 34,000 objects. The museum is known for its important Asian holdings, including the James Michener Collection of Japanese woodblock prints.
honoluluacademy.org
- Indiana University Art Museum - Situated in the center of the Bloomington campus for IU, more than 35,000 artifacts such as paintings, sculptures, ceramics, and photographs are open for public viewing, for free.
www.indiana.edu/~iuam
- International Museum of Carousel Art - Dedicated to the preservation, restoration, and exhibition of the world's antique carousels.
www.carouselmuseum.com
- International Museum of Cartoon Art - Contains a collection of over 160,000 original drawings from every genre of the art and represents cartoonists from over 50 countries. Located in Boca Raton, FL.
cartoon.org
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum - Boston museum of international art founded by collector and philanthropist Isabella Stewart Gardner.
www.gardnermuseum.org
- J. Paul Getty Museum - Collections comprise seven areas of art: Greek and Roman antiquities, Medieval manuscripts, European paintings, sculpture, drawings and decorative arts, and photographs.
www.getty.edu/museum
- Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art - one of the top 10 University Art Museums in the country.
www.utexas.edu/cofa/hag
- Jersey City Museum - Collects, exhibits, preserves, and interprets American paintings, works on paper, sculpture and material culture from the region.
www.jerseycitymuseum.org
- Krasl Art Center - Features the Krasl Collection of outdoor sculpture by prominent artists. Located in St. Joseph, MO.
www.krasl.org
- Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum - Presents both permanent and temporary exhibits, including paintings, sculpture, and the decorative arts.
www.lywam.org
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art - the premier visual arts museum is the Western United States. Holdings include more than 150,000 works spanning the history of art from ancient times to the present.
www.lacma.org
- MacNider Art Museum - Includes works by Bil Baird, Arthur Dove, Thomas Hart Benton, and Alfred Thompson Bricher.
www.macniderart.org
- Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum - Houses a collection of more than 200 works that span the career of Marshall M. Fredericks (1908-1998), known figurative sculpture, public memorials, exuberant fountains, and whimsical sculptures of animals.
www.svsu.edu/mfsm
- Mattatuck Museum - exhibits feature Connecticut art and local history.
mattatuckmuseum.org
- Mead Art Museum - Contains a collection of over 14,000 works by international artists. Located at Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.
www.amherst.edu/~mead
- Metropolitan Museum of Art - Collections contains more than two million works of art spanning more than 5,000 years of world culture, from prehistory to the present.
www.metmuseum.org
- Mexican Fine Arts Center Museum - Chicago - the first Mexican cultural center/museum in the Midwest and the largest in the nation.
www.mfacmchicago.org
- Mexican Museum of San Francisco - a unique art and cultural institution located San Francisco Bay. First museum in the United States to focus on the work of Mexican and Mexican-American artists.
www.folkart.com/~latitude/museums/m_mexsf.htm
- Missoula Museum of Fine Arts -- University of Montana - collections for study by an academic community.
www.umt.edu/partv/famus/default.htm#Directory
- MMFA-Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts - collections, event calendar, membership, applications, exhibitions.
fineartsmuseum.com
- Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts - Exhibits and collects fine art by American and international artists.
www.mmfa.org
- Museum of Art and Archaeology - at the University of Missouri. Images and informative text relating to permanent, special and virtual exhibitions of works of art from antiquity to the present.
museum.research.missouri.edu
- Museum of Fine Arts, Austin - Includes information about upcoming exhibits and programs and samples of previous exhibits from the Texas gallery and museum.
www.1freespace.com/art/mofa
- Museum of Fine Arts, Boston - International museum of fine art.
www.mfa.org
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston - the oldest comprehensive museum in the Southwest United States. You're invited to come see its treasures - art of world cultures from antiquity to the present.
mfah.org/default.html
- Museum of Northwest Art - Dedicated to American art of the Northwest region. Exhibits include works by Walter Isaacs, Morris Graves, and William Cumming.
www.museumofnwart.org
- National Gallery of Art - In Washington,D.C. houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.
www.nga.gov
- National Museum of American Art - features the work of American artists.
www.nmaa.si.edu
- National Museum of Women in the Arts - only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to the exhibition, preservation, and acquisition of works by women artists of all nationalities and periods.
www.nmwa.org
- National Portrait Gallery - public museum for the exhibition and study of portraiture and statuary depicting people who have made contributions to the history, development, and culture of the United States.
www.npg.si.edu
- Nevada Museum of Art - Features modern and contemporary works by artists including Roy Lichtenstein, Georgia O'Keeffe and William Wegman.
www.nevadaart.org
- New Norton Museum of Art - exhibitions, collections, and educational programs.
www.norton.org
- New Orleans Museum of Art - Contains one of America's finest collections of African art as well as a large collection of early and modern American art.
www.noma.org
- Oakland Museum of California - California's largest regional museum.
www.museumca.org
- Oklahoma City Art Museum - Includes information about exhibits, collections, films, educational and lecture programs, with membership and donation details.
www.okcartmuseum.com
- Pasadena Museum of California Art - Museum dedicated to California art and artists from 1850 to the present. Exhibits include painting, graphic design, architecture, and photography.
www.pmcaonline.org
- Peabody Essex Museum - Features over 30 galleries exhibiting international collections of maritime art and history, Asian export art, Native American art, arts of Asia, Africa and the Pacific Islands, American decorative arts, natural history, and historic houses.
www.pem.org
- Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts - Special exhibitions of international art are featured annually as well as exhibits of the Academy's collections.
www.pafa.org
- Philadelphia Museum of Art - Seeks to preserve, enhance, interpret the visual arts to a diverse audience as a source of delight, illumination, and lifelong learning.
www.philamuseum.org
- Phoenix Art Museum - Permanent collection features over 13,000 works by international artists.
www.phxart.org
- Portland Art Museum - The oldest art museum in the Pacific Northwest houses a permanent collections of European and American art as well as a fine collection of English silver.
www.pam.org
- Princeton University Art Museum - Permanent collections range from antiquities to contemporary art and focus primarily on works by American, European and Latin American artists.
www.princetonartmuseum.org
- Reading Public Museum - A museum, planetarium and park located in Berks County, Pennsylvania dedicated to preserving collections and displaying exhibits for the education and enrichment of all generations.
www.readingpublicmuseum.org
- Reynolda House - Works from the 18th Century to the present.
www.reynoldahouse.org
- Richmond Art Museum - Fine art museum in Richmond, Indiana, featuring American Impressionists, artists from the Taos School, the Hoosier Group, and the Richmond School.
www.richmondartmuseum.org
- San Diego Museum of Art - Features American and international art. Includes the latest events and programs at the museum.
www.sdmart.org
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art - Collections include ancient art, French and English 19th and early 20th century art, 19th and early 20th Century American art, international modernism, photography, and contemporary art.
www.sbmuseart.org
- Seattle Art Museum - information about our collection, exhibitions, and programs.
www.seattleartmuseum.org
- SPJC Leepa Rattner Museum - Exhibits the collections of Holocaust painter Abraham Rattner, the paintings of Allen Leepa, and Isabelle Leepa's sculptures.
www.spjc.edu/central/museum
- Springfield Museum of Art - Museum has a permanent collection of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists.
www.spfld-museum-of-art.org
- St. John's Museum of Art - Dedicated solely to collecting, preserving, archiving and displaying the art of North Carolina. Wilmington, NC.
www.stjohnsmuseum.com
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute - Combines a public art museum with a separate series of research and academic programs, supported by a major art history library.
www.clarkart.edu
- Terra Museum of American Art - Chicago museum features a collection of over 700 works by American artists including Whistler, Homer, Sargent and Hopper. Hosts traveling exhibitions, tours, and lectures.
www.terramuseum.org
- The Art Institute of Chicago Museum - Museum houses more than 300,000 works of art and includes among its treasures, American Gothic by Grant Wood, Edward Hopper's Nighthawks and 33 works by Monet.
www.artic.edu/aic/index.html
- The Baltimore Museum of Art - Exhibits American and international art, including the Cone Collection of over 40 paintings by Matisse, Gauguin, Picasso, Van Gogh and other European artists.
www.artbma.org
- The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University - Collection of over 3,000 works including works from the Hudson River School. Located in Niagara Falls, New York
www.niagara.edu/cam
- The Corcoran Gallery of Art - Founded in 1869 by William Wilson Corcoran, The Corcoran is Washington, D.C.'s largest non-Federal museum, and one of the first fine art museums in the nation.
www.corcoran.org
- The Dayton Art Institute - One of America's finest mid-sized art museums, featuring a renowned permanent collection and world-class special exhibitions.
www.daytonartinstitute.org
- The Delaware Art Museum's On-Line Collection - Dedicated to disciples of Howard Pyle
www.udel.edu/delart/collection.alpha.html
- The Detroit Institute of Arts - The fifth-largest fine arts museum in the United States with holdings of over 60,000 works. More than one hundred galleries featuring paintings, sculpture, and graphic and decorative arts.
www.dia.org
- The Edible Monument - Exhibit of food sculptures at the Getty Research Institute's Art of Food for Festivals.
www.getty.edu/research/tools/digital/ediblemonument/index.html
- The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library - Official web site of The Frick Collection and Frick Art Reference Library.
www.frick.org
- The Goldwell Open Air Museum - Features outdoor sculptures by prominent Belgian artists. Located near Rhyolite, Nevada.
www.fundraiserx.com/goldwell.html
- The Hyde Collection Art Museum - Founded by Charlotte Pruyn Hyde in 1952, the museum exhibits an important collection of European and American works of art and European antiques. Includes works by Picasso, Cezanne, Renoir, Rembrandt, Homer and Whistler.
www.hydeartmuseum.org
- The James A. Michener Art Museum - Housed in the 1884 renovated Bucks County Prison in Doylestown, Pennsylvania. Collection includes American impressionist paintings.
www.michenerartmuseum.org
- The Kimbell Art Museum - Fort Worth, Texas - Fort Worth, Texas museum of international art with collections ranging from antiquities to 20th century contemporary art.
www.kimbellart.org
- The Lighthouse Center for the Arts - Exhibition guide, hours of operation, schedule of classes, and directions. Located in Tequesta, Florida.
www.lighthousecenterforthearts.org
- The Newark Museum Online - Offers a full schedule of exhibits, family activities, special events and public programs.
www.newarkmuseum.org
- The Pierpont Morgan Library - Both a museum and a center for scholarly research, the Morgan Library is an extraordinary complex of buildings in the heart of New York City.
www.morganlibrary.org
- The Saint Louis Art Museum - Collection spans the centuries from ancient Egypt to the present.
www.slam.org
- The San Antonio Museum of Art - Displays Egyptian, Greek and Roman antiquities, Asian art, European and American paintings, decorative arts, and contemporary art.
www.sa-museum.org
- The Wolfsonian-FIU - Museum and research center with decorative, propaganda, and fine arts dating 1885-1945, in Miami Beach, Florida.
www.wolfsonian.fiu.edu
- Tullahoma Fine Arts Center - Listings of current and upcoming art exhibits, classes and projects.
www.tullahomafinearts.org
- Utah Museum of Fine Arts - At the University of Utah it is the only general art museum in Utah, where it is a major and unique public institution
www.utah.edu/umfa
- Wadsworth Atheneum - Founded in 1842 and featuring collection of American and European paintings, sculpture and decorative arts. Collection highlights, exhibits and program information.
www.wadsworthatheneum.org
- Walter Anderson Museum of Art - Mississippi museum dedicated to the work of Walter Inglis Anderson, 20th century American painter.
www.walterandersonmuseum.org
- West Bend Art Museum - Features national and regional exhibitions. The Carl Von Marr Collection contains over 350 works of late 19th century art.
www.wbartmuseum.com
- Williams College Museum of Art - Focuses on American art, especially that of Maurice and Charles Prendergast, contemporary art, and non-western and ancient art.
www.williams.edu/WCMA
- Smithsonian Institution - Composed of sixteen museums and galleries, the National Zoo, and numerous research facilities in the United States and abroad.
www.si.edu
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