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Art is the process or product of deliberately arranging elements in a way that appeals to the senses or emotions. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression, including music, literature, film, sculpture, and paintings. The meaning of art is explored in a...
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Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum (in full the Ashmolean Museum of Art and Archaeology) on Beaumont Street, Oxford, England, is the world's first university museum. Its first building was built in 1678–1683 to house the collection or cabinet of curiosities Elias...

Foundling Museum

The Foundling Museum in London tells the story of the Foundling Hospital, Britain's first home for abandoned children. The museum houses the nationally important Foundling Hospital Art Collection as well as the Gerald Coke Handel Collection, the...

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Frick Collection

The Frick Collection is an art museum located in Manhattan, New York City, United States. It is housed in the former residence of steel magnate Henry Clay Frick, which was designed by Thomas Hastings and constructed in 1913-1914. The Frick is one of...

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Frye Art Museum

The Frye Art Museum is an art museum located in the First Hill neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, USA . The museum emphasizes painting and sculpture from the nineteenth century to the present. Its holdings originate in the private collection of...

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Martin D'Arcy Museum of Art

The Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), which opened in the fall of 2005, is unique among Chicago's many museums for mounting exhibits that explore the spiritual in art from all cultures, faiths, and periods. LUMA is located on Loyola University...

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Norman Rockwell Museum

The Norman Rockwell Museum is home to the world's largest collection of original Rockwell art. Founded in 1969, the museum is located in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, where Rockwell lived the last 25 years of his life. In addition to the 574 original...

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  • 1969

Portland Art Museum

The Portland Art Museum (PAM) in Portland, Oregon, United States, was founded in 1892, making it the oldest art museum on the West Coast and 7th oldest in the United States. Upon completion of the most recent renovations, Portland Art Museum became...

Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art

The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art houses the most comprehensive collection of the works of Louis Comfort Tiffany found anywhere, a major collection of American art pottery, and fine collections of late-19th and early-20th century...

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Brandywine River Museum

The Brandywine River Museum (founded in 1971) is an art museum located on U.S. Route 1 in Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania on the banks of Brandywine Creek. The museum is known for its collection of works by the Wyeth Family. Housed in a converted...

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Singapore Art Museum

The Singapore Art Museum (SAM) (simplified Chinese: 新加坡美术馆; pinyin: Xīnjiāpō Měishùguǎn) houses the national art collection of Singapore, possesses an impressive collection of 7750 pieces of Singaporean and Southeast Asian Modern and Contemporary...

Phoenix Art Museum

Phoenix Art Museum (also known simply as "PAM") is the largest and primary institution of visual art in the Southwestern United States. Located in Phoenix, Arizona, the museum's collections trace their origins back to 1912 when the Phoenix Woman’s...

Santa Monica Museum of Art

The Santa Monica Museum of Art (SMMoA) is an independent non-collecting art museum located in Santa Monica, California. It exhibits the work of local, national, and international contemporary artists. Founded in 1984 by Abby Sher, the museum strives...

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Getty Villa

The Getty Villa in Pacific Palisades, California, USA, is one of two locations of the J. Paul Getty Museum. The Getty Villa is an educational center and museum dedicated to the study of the arts and cultures of ancient Greece, Rome and Etruria. The...

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Santa Barbara Museum of Art

The Santa Barbara Museum of Art is an art museum located at 1130 State St. in downtown Santa Barbara, California. It was founded in 1941 and currently ranks amongst the top 10 regional art museums in the United States. It is home to both permanent...

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Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum

The Jane Voorhees Zimmerli Art Museum is located on the Voorhees Mall of the campus of Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. It was founded in 1966. Jane Voorhees Zimmerli was the mother of philanthropist Alan Voorhees.

Montclair Art Museum

The Montclair Art Museum is located in Montclair, in Essex County, New Jersey, United States. The museum focuses American art and Native American art from the 19th century through the contemporary period. One of the primary features of the museum is...

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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth

The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (widely referred to as The Modern) was first granted a Charter from the State of Texas in 1892 as the "Fort Worth Public Library and Art Gallery", evolving through several name changes and different facilities in...

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH), located in Houston, is one of the largest museums in the United States. The permanent collection of the museum spans more than 6,000 years of history with more than 40,000 works from six continents. The...

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, Florida

The Museum of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, Florida, USA, opened to the public in 1965. It was established by Margaret Acheson Stuart (1896-1980). A $21 million expansion broke ground on Monday, December 4, 2006 and more than doubled the size of the...

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James A. Michener Art Museum

The James A. Michener Art Museum is a museum in Doylestown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania in the United States. Founded in 1988 and named for the Pulitzer Prize–winning writer James A. Michener, the museum is dedicated to preserving, interpreting and...

Albuquerque Museum

The Albuquerque Museum is museum located in Albuquerque, New Mexico in Old Town Albuquerque dedicated to preserving the art and history of Albuquerque and the Middle Rio Grande Valley of New Mexico and to pursue and further the cultural and...

Hallie Ford Museum of Art

The Hallie Ford Museum of Art (HFMA) is the museum of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, United States. It is the third largest art museum in Oregon. Opened in 1998, the facility is across the street from the Oregon State Capital in downtown...

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The Contemporary Jewish Museum

The Contemporary Jewish Museum was founded in 1984 in San Francisco, California, with the goal of offering contemporary perspectives on Jewish culture, history, art, and ideas. In June 2008, the Museum moved to the Yerba Buena Gardens district of...

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  • 1984

Museum of Arts and Sciences

The Museum of Arts and Sciences, often referred to as the MOAS, is a museum in Daytona Beach, Florida, United States. The museum a member of the American Association of Museums and an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution. It is home to over 30...

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Princeton University Art Museum

The Princeton University Art Museum is Princeton University's gallery of art, located in Princeton, New Jersey. Founded in 1882, it now houses over 72,000 works of art that range from antiquity to the contemporary period. The Princeton University...

Vero Beach Museum of Art

The Vero Beach Museum of Art is located at 3001 River Park Drive, Vero Beach, Florida. It houses regional, state and national art exhibits and includes a sculpture garden. The Vero Beach Museum of Art is the principal cultural arts facility of its...

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Orlando Museum of Art

The Orlando Museum of Art is located at 2416 North Mills Avenue, Orlando, Florida. It houses local, regional, national and international works of art. The museum collections include a diverse range of pieces that cover a broad spectrum of subjects...

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Boca Raton Museum of Art

The Boca Raton Museum of Art is located at 501 Plaza Real, Boca Raton, Florida in Mizner Park. It houses works of art by a number of the great masters. The Boca Raton Museum of Art features an assortment of traveling exhibitions and permanent...

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Naples Museum of Art

The Naples Museum of Art is located at 5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard, Naples, Florida. It houses a diverse collection of art in a three story, 30,000-square-foot (2,800 m) facility. Permanent collections include American modernism, 20th-century Mexican...

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A. E. Backus Gallery & Museum

The A. E. Backus Gallery & Museum is located at 500 North Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida. This museum houses artwork by A. E. Backus and other Florida artists. The museum contains the largest collection of paintings by A. E. Backus, a...

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Gulf Coast Museum of Art

The Gulf Coast Museum of Art was located at 12211 Walsingham Road, Largo, Florida. It housed contemporary Florida art in the permanent collection. The museum closed in January 2009 after 73 years of operation, and its collections are now part of the...

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Cornell Fine Arts Museum

The Cornell Fine Arts Museum is located at 1000 Holt Avenue, Winter Park, Florida on the Winter Park campus of Rollins College. It houses works of art from antiquity to modern times. Exhibitions are mixed in with the permanent collection on a...

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The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science

The Mary Brogan Museum of Arts and Science is located at 350 South Duval Street, Tallahassee, Florida. It houses interactive science exhibits and an art collection. The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science, Tallahassee’s Smithsonian Affiliate, is a...

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Southeast Museum of Photography

The Southeast Museum of Photography is located in Daytona Beach, Florida, on the campus of Daytona State College. It opened in 1992, and moved to a new facility (the Mori Hosseini Center) in 2007. The museum's permanent collection has "more than 3...

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