Natural and Man-made Points of Interest in the United States of America
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Locations for the exhibition of art, primarily paintings and sculpture
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The museum first opened its doors on February 1, 1922 as the Akron Art Institute. It was located in two borrowed rooms in the basement of the public library. After 1965, the institute was transformed from a school and art center into a museum.
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Larry Aldrich purchased the historic building to contain his growing collection of art in 1964. The building was nicknamed "Old Hundred" because it served as a grocery and hardware store from 1783 to 1883 and as Ridgefield's first post office.
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The 35,000-square-foot main building of the museum combines an elliptical, three-story, historic industrial building with extensive new architecture. There is also a Tall Sculpture Barn, a former
whiskey warehouse with 45-foot ceilings.
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The Asheville Art Museum presents an active schedule of exhibitions and public programs based on its permanent collection of 20th and 21st century American art.
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The painting that makes up the cyclorama is the largest oil painting in the world. If it were flattened, it would measure 42 feet high by 358 feet long.
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This historic building was designed in the 1920s by renowned American architect John Russell Pope. A massive wing for contemporary art was added in 1994.
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The museum specializes in art from around the world from the Renaissance to modern art. The Bass Museum was founded in 1963 by the City of Miami Beach from a private donation and occupies the 1930s Miami Beach Public Library and Art Center.
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This is the largest municipal art museum in the southern United States. It houses a nationally-recognized permanent collection of more than 15,000 works of art dating from ancient to modern times, featuring paintings, drawings, and decorative arts.
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The museum features an assortment of traveling exhibitions and permanent collections from established and rising artists. An outdoor sculpture garden is among the museum's highlights.
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The building was officially opened to the public in January 1984. Situated in the Arts District, the museum is close to several other significant cultural attractions.
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Located in Denver's Civic Center, the museum is known for its collection of American Indian art, and has a comprehensive collection numbering more than 60,000 works from across the world.
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The Center showcases traditional and contemporary crafts of the Southern Appalachians. It houses the Southern Highlands Craft Guild’s century-old Allanstand Craft Shop, exhibitions in three galleries, a library, and an auditorium.
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Formerly The Florida Museum of Hispanic and Latin American Art, the museum preserves, promotes and displays contemporary Spanish and Latin American artwork. It also hosts monthly touring exhibitions.
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The Met measures almost a quarter mile long and occupies more than two million square feet, more than 20 times the size of the original 1880 building.
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Founded in 1997, MAM is currently housed in a space that was solely conceived as an exhibition hall. The museum is in the process of building a new facility in Museum Park in downtown Miami.
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Operated by the Ohio Historical Society, the Museum of Ceramics has the country's largest public display of Lotus Ware. It occupies the former city post office, which was built in 1909.
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The Boston Museum of Fine Arts has over 400,000 objects in its collection, the second largest permanent museum collection in the United States after the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City.
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The OZ Museum was founded in April 2004 and houses one of the largest public displays of Oz memorabilia in existence. The museum houses memorabilia from 1939 MGM musical, earlier silent films, as well as "The Wiz."
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The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts was founded in 1805 by painter and scientist Charles Willson Peale, sculptor William Rush, and other artists and business leaders. It is the oldest art museum and school in the nation.
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The Art Museum stands on 10 acres that was formerly the reservoir for the Fairmount Water Works. It is one of the largest art museums in the country and holds over 225,000 objects.
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