A to Z, Museums in the United States

List of Museum in The United States  for reference;

Akron Art Museum, Akron, OH. Situated in a renovated Post Office building, the permanet collection emphasises contemporary art, photography, and folk arts.
Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College, Ohio. 17th century Dutch, Japanese prints, Renaissance and Baroque prints, modern European and contemporary American art.
Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, TX. The Amon Carter Museum was established through the generosity of Amon G. Carter, Sr. (1879-1955), to house his collection of paintings and sculpture by Frederic Remington and Charles M. Russell; to collect, preserve, and exhibit the finest examples of American art; and to serve an educational role through exhibitions, publications, and programs devoted to the study of American art.

Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh.
Arizona State University Art Museum, Tempe, AZ. The Museum that presented "Bill Viola: Buried Secrets" at the 1995 Venice Biennale, the first institution West of the Mississippi to represent the United States at this U.S. Pavilion
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago. Museum and art school.
Berkeley Art Museum + Pacific Film Archive, Berkeley, CA. The BAM + PFA at the University of California offers a website with extensive exhibition information including online catalogs with images and audio artist interviews, a database of over 12,000 film notes on world cinema, searchable art and film collection guides, an interactive multimedia guide to modern art for kids and more.
Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama.
Boca Raton Museum of Art, Boca Raton, FL. Fully accredited museum, with a fine Permanent Collection of over 3000 pieces.
Brooklyn Museum of Art, One of the great, lesser-known museums.
Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio.
California African-American Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Collections of painting, sculpture, assemblages, photographs, folk art, African art and examples of historical material culture reflecting African-American life.
California Views Historical Photo Collection, Monterey, CA. California images from the 1870-1990, from 35mm Neg's to 11x14 Glass plates.
Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, OH. This museum houses a fine collection of European art, with an emphasis on 17th to early 20th century painting. Also featured is a collection of works by artists from Cincinnati.
Cleveland Museum of Art, Ohio.
Columbia Museum of Art, Columbia, SC. The CMA houses a collection of over 6000 European and American works of art dating from the 14th through 20th century.
Contemporary Arts Center , Cincinnati, OH. Founded in 1939, the Contemporary Arts Center is one of the oldest, most active, and most adventuresome museums of contemporary art in the US. In 1990, the CAC made international news when it successfully defended the legal right of its audience to view an exhibition of the photographs of Robert Mapplethorpe. Extensive website, including current exhibitions, kids' pages, CAC history, virtual exhibitions, and info on a major new building planned for 2001.
Corcoran Museum of Art, Washington, DC. An art museum with stage events, just blocks from the White house. periodicals in 41 languages.
Corning Museum of Glass , Corning, New York. More than 35 centuries of glass artistry in the galleries. Explore glass innovations in the hands-on science and technology area, and watch live glass demos - all day, every day of the week.
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA. Oldest public art museum in the Western United States. Founded in 1885. Major collections of Old Master drawings, Old Master European paintings, nineteenth-centry California painting, twentieth-century art from Northern California; extensive education program.
Dahesh Museum, New York, NY. The only museum in the country devoted to 19th-century European academic art.
Dallas Museum of Art, Texas.
DeCordova Museum and Sculpture Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Dennos Museum Center, Traverse City, MI. Come Alive Inside Come Alive Inside the Dennos Museum Center for the visual and performing arts. Featuring an extensive schedule of changing exhibitions and concerts combined with gallery tours, artist lectures, hands-on workshops and school outreach activities.
Denver Art Museum, Denver, Co. The largest collection of art between Chicago and San Francisco.
Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan.
Dia Center for the Arts, New York, NY. A contemporary art museum, Dia's exhibition program is dedicated to large-scale, single-artist projects, produced on a substantial scale and with a commitment to site specificity. Dia's website features artist projects created specifically for the web.
Diego Rivera Web Museum, Dedicated to the Mexican muralist painter Diego Rivera (1886-l957). (Also in Spanish.)
Duke University Museum of Art, Durham, NC. Permanent collection ranging from Ancient to Modern art plus changing exhibitions, programs and scholarly publications.
Everhart Museum, Scranton, PA
Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, Maine. American art.
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco , San Francisco, CA. The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco's web site contains an astonishing database of over 65,000 images from the permanent collection. It also contains museum information on important exhibitions, tours, the collection, etc.
Flint Institute of Arts, Flint, Michigan. The Flint Institute of Arts has served an important role in the life of the Flint community since its founding in 1928 and today, continues to play a major role in the growth and revitalization of the city of Flint. Through its exhibitions, interpretive programs, film screenings, concerts, lectures, family events and educational outreach programs, the FIA serves more than 120,000 adults and children annually from all over southeast Michigan.The FIA's 150,000 sq. ft. facility is a unique space with more than 25,000 sq. ft. of gallery space, maintaining a collection of nearly 7,500 objects, sustains a membership of 3,200, registers 1,700 students from pre-school age to senior citizens in Museum Art School studio classes, and presents school programs to 25,000 K-12 students annually.
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis.
Frick Collection, New York, NY. The Frick Collection includes some of the best-known paintings by the greatest European artists, major works of sculpture (among them one of the finest groups of small bronzes in the world), superb eighteenth-century French furniture and porcelains, Limoges enamels, Oriental rugs, and other works of remarkable quality.
Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, MI. Changing displays of national and international artists, in addition to the permanent collection, regional artists,photography,children's, and rental/sales galleries, gift shop.
Gray Gallery of Art , New York, NY. The museum at New york University
Greater Lafayette Museum of Art, Lafayette Indiana. Focuses on Indiana Artists
Guggenheim Museum, New York City. Art museum. Outposts in Bilbao, Spain and Venice.
Harvard University Art Museums, . Fogg Art Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, Arthur M. Sackler Museum.
Hearst Art Gallery, Saint Mary's College of California, Moraga, CA. The only accredited art museum in Contra Costa, offering diverse changing exhibitions. Permanent collection features the work of William Keith.
Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia. Includes images of contemporary art, a decorative arts collection, American and European painting, African art, folk art, and photography.
Honolulu Academy of Art, Honolulu, HI. Founded early this century, ancient, modern, oriental.
Indiana University Art Musuem
Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indiana.
Institute of Egyptian Art and Archeology, Memphis.
Iowa State University Museums, Ames, IA. Consists of Iowa State's Brunnier Art Museum and Gallery (decorative), the Farm House Museums (historic), and Art in State Buildings (campus/public art). The Brunnier exhibits temporary exhibits and items from permanent collection, the Farm House is a historical site with antique items, AiBS features art done for buildings on campus (sculptures, murals, etc.). All are free of charge.
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, MA. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is at once an intimate collection of fine and decorative art and a vibrant, innovative venue for contemporary artists, musicians and scholars. Housed in a stunning 15th-century Venetian-style palace with three stories of galleries surrounding a sun- and flower-filled courtyard, the museum provides an unusual backdrop for the viewing of art. The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum's preeminent collection contains more than 2,500 paintings, sculptures, tapestries, furniture, manuscripts, rare books and decorative arts. The galleries house works by some of the most recognized artists in the world, including Titian, Rembrandt, Michelangelo, Raphael, Botticelli, Manet, Degas, Whistler and Sargent. The spirit of the architecture, the personal character of the arrangements and the artistic display of the enchanting courtyard in full bloom all create an atmosphere that distinguishes the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum as an intimate and culturally-rich treasure.
Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum, Long Island City, NY. The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum was created by the Japanese-American sculptor Isamu Noguchi (1904-1988), and displays more than 300 of his works in a converted factory building and outdoor sculpture garden. The museum is located across the East River from Manhattan.
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA. Getty Museum collections, history, vistor services and information.
Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, Austin, TX.
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE. Wide collection of art from Europe and U.S. Among others, Monet, Manet Renoir and Degas are represented here.
Kalamazoo Institute of Arts, Kalamazoo, MI. Located in Southwest Michigan, the Kalamazoo Institute of Arts was established in 1924 with the primary mission to offer accessible art classes to the community and provide a lace for appreciation of the visual arts through exhibitions, lectures and othe special events. The present building constructed in 1961 was designed by Skimore, Owings & Merrill and houses a collection of more than 3,000 objects.
Kansas museums, a listing.
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology, University of Michigan.
Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas.
Krannert Art Museum, Champaign, IL. University of Illinois at Urbana
Kreeger Museum, Washington, DC. The Kreeger Museum displays 19th and 20th century art in a building designed by noted American architect Philip Johnson. The collection includes works by Monet, Picasso, Miro, and Stella.
Library of Congress, Washington DC.
Loren Adams Museum of Fine Art, Lahaina, HI. Collection of original oil paintings, watercolors, drawings, designs and objet d'art.
Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale, Wa. The mission of Maryhill Museum of Art is to serve as an inspiring force for the advancement of art and history while preserving and building upon the Museum's unique legacy.
Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA)
McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, TX. Built by artist and educator Marion Koogler McNay in the 1920s, the Spanish Colonial Revival-style home opened as Texas’ first museum of modern art in 1954. Today more than 100,000 visitors a year enjoy works by 20th-century masters including Paul Gauguin, Vincent van Gogh, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Pablo Picasso, Jackson Pollock, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. In June 2008, the museum opened the 45,000-square-foot Jane and Arthur Stieren Center for Exhibitions designed by internationally renowned French architect Jean-Paul Viguier. Nearly doubling the McNay’s exhibition space, the Stieren Center includes three separate outdoor sculpture galleries, the first in South Texas.
Mead Art Museum, Amherst, MA. The Mead Art Museum houses the art collections of Amherst College, some 14,000 works acquired since 1839. It includes one of the nation's finest collegiate collections of American art, also European art, photography, and Japanese prints. Site features several virtual exhibitions
Memorial Art Gallery, University of Rochester.
Menil Collection, Houston, Texas. Antiquities, African, oceanic, modern and contemporary painting and sculpture.
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. One of the largest art museums in the world. See the collections.
Milwaukee Art Museum, Milwaukee, WI. Established in 1888, the Milwaukee Art Museum features 20,000 works from ancient objects to recent art. A 125,000-square-foot, $50 million building expansion project is underway, designed by Spanish architect Santiago Calatrava.
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minnesota. Fine arts museum.
Minnesota Museum of American Art, Saint Paul, MN. Permanent collection features over 3,000 works of American Art beginning in the early 20th century, MMAA also hosts special exhibitions of American art.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth , Fort Worth, TX. Oldest art museum in Texas exhibiting modern and contemporary American and European painting, sculpture, works on paper and photography. Most or all of the collections are ONLINE.
The Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ. The Montclair Art Museum has a respected national and international reputation for its fine collection of American art and Native American art and artifacts. The collection also encompasses works on paper, sculptures, and costumes.
Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, GA. The only museum dedicated entirely to Southern art and artists. Houses the Center for the Study of Southern Painting.
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, San Diego, CA. Small but influential museum focused on new art, often by young artists. Bilingual wall texts, audioguides, Web site is bilingual (Spanish/English). MCA collects, exhibits and interprets the art of our time, focusing on the period from 1950 to the present. The Museum has two locations: the flagship facility in La Jolla, founded in 1941 and recently renovated and expanded by Robert Venturi (1996); and the downtown San Diego satellite space, which opened in 1993.
Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts.
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Texas.
Museum of Fine Arts, University of Montana, Missoula.
Museum of Jurassic Technology, Los Angekes, CA. Unique! (Read "Mr. Wilson's Cabinet of Wonders")
Museum of Modern Art, (MoMA), New York City. See menu including the collection and current exhibitions.
Museum of Nebraska Art (MONA), Kearney, NE. Art of Nebraska ranging from the historic artistic reporting of the Artist-Explorers to contemporary regional work is emphasized in the Museum of Nebraska Art's permanent collection. The Nebraska Art Collection is designated by the legislature as the official visual art collection of the State of Nebraska.
Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, CA. Housed in the beautiful Casa de Balboa in San Disgo's Balboa Park, MoPA presents both classic and contemporary works by internationally acclaimed artists. MoPA is one of the few museums devoted exclusively to the photgraphic arts, and collects and exhibits contemporary and classic work by internationally known artists.
National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC.
National Museum of American Art, Washington, DC. Some of the best images on the net.
National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, DC. The only museum in the world dedicated exclusively to the recognition of women in the arts, including a tour of their on-line galleries.
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, MO. A general art museum comprising objects from ancient times to the present, and all cultures, with special emphasis on Chinese art and English ceramics from the 17th century.
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, NV.
Nicolaysen Art Museum and Discovery Center, Casper, WY. A regional art museum focusing on contemporary art and traditional western art. Also a hands-on self-guided art-making place in the Discovery Center.
Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge, Stockbridge, MA. World's largest collection of original art by Norman Rockwell. Changing exhibitions also feature works by other renown American illustrators.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC. World art especially rich in old master European painting; also Egyptian, Greek, Roman, American, African, Pre-Columbian, from ancient to contemporary.
Noyes Museum of Art, Oceanville, N.J. Southern New Jersey's museum of contemporary fine and folk art, displaying outstandng travelling exhibits, works by leading regional artists, and its own growing contemporary art collection
Palmer Museum of Art, Pennsylvania State University.
Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI.
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, Massachusetts. USA's oldest continuously operating museum, founded in 1799. Maritime arts and history; American decorative arts; early American architecture; Asian export art; Asian, Oceanic, African arts and culture; natural history; native American arts and art.
Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA. Founded in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts is America's first art museum and school of fine arts. The Museum features one of the most renowned collections of American art--spanning three centuries.
The Pensacola Museum of Art , Pensacola, FL. Current exhibitions, classes, lectures, educational programs.
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA. The Philadelphia Museum of Art, founded in 1876, is unique among American museums in its integrated presentation of a full range of fine and applied arts from Asia, Europe, and the U.S. Spanning over 2,000 years, the collections include masterpieces of painting, sculpture, prints, and drawings displayed with a wide range of furniture, silver, glasswork, architectural elements, and entire furnished rooms from historic houses.
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.
Portland Art Museum, Portland, Oregon. Collections include native American and regional contemporary art.
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME. Provides an unparalleled look at fine and decorative arts from the 18th century to the present, representing the unique artistic heritage of Maine, a well as the major European movements. Housed in an award-winning building in downtown Portland.
Rice University Art Gallery, Houston, TX. Contemporary art, architecture and design
Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, FL. (The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art)
Rockwell Museum, Corning, NY. Museum of glass, Native American and American western art.
Rosicrucian Egyptian Museum, San Jose, California. Designed in an authentic Egyptian architectural style. Large collections of Egyptian, Babylonian and Assyrian antiquities.
Salvador Dali Museum, St Petersburg, FL. Contains images of 159 of Dali's works (800*600 video resolution or better recommended.)
San Diego Museum of Art , San Diego, CA. The San Diego Museum of Art is the largest cultural institution in San Diego County with approximately 12,000. This website is our first attempt at a content-rich exhibition based on the Baldwin M. Baldwin Collection of the Posters of Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, CA.
San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA. Emphasis is on late 20th Century art, with a focus on Bay Area artists. Exhibits include scultpture, photography, multi-media/high tech, and paintings. Currently involved in a multi-year exchange with the Whitney Museum.
Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA. The Seattle Art Museum offers the Seattle community a diverse and exciting collection. The downtown Seattle Art Museum houses a well-known collection ofthe arts of Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas; the original building displays the museum's extensive holdings in Asian art.
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden, Lincoln, NE. The Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery and Sculpture Garden web site resources highlight its collection of American art. Find examples of 19th-century landscape and still life, American Impressionism, early Modernism, geometric abstraction, Abstract Expressionism, pop, minimalism and contemporary art by a wide range of artists.
Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, IL. Located on the University of Chicago's Hyde Park campus, the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of over 7000 objects, spanning five centuries of both Western and Eastern civilizations. The scope of its permanent collections, combined with groundbreaking special exhibitions, a focus on research and teaching by University of Chicago scholars, and distingushed outreach and educational programs geared to both adults and school age children, make the Smart one of the Midwest's most dynamic and innovative educational institutions in the visual arts.
Smith College Museum of Art, Northampton, MA. With a world-famous collection spanning an impressive 4,500 years, and a tradition since its inception of making its holdings available to students and the public, the Smith College Museum of Art is also a leader in collecting and showing the art of our day. Ranked among the finest college or University museums in this country, it has become what our first director hoped it would be: "nothing less than a collection of works by the foremost artists of modern times."
Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC
See The White House Collection of American Craft exhibition. Includes much audio and video material.
Snite Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN. The Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame houses over 19,000 works of art from the antique through modern. The web site illustrates many works found on display and lists all works on display.
Southwest Museum, Los Angeles, California. The Southwest Museum currently holds one of the nation's most important collections related to the American Indian.
Springville Museum of Art, Springville, UT. This museum is the oldest in Utah and is dedicated to the exhibition of Utah Art. American and Russian Art is also a part of the permanent collection and frequently displayed.
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, MO. Art from all periods of European civilization and from Africa, North America and Oceania, with an acclaimed collection of modern art.
St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL. Noted for it collection of late 19th and early 20th century European and American collection, it is also the home of the finest collection of photographs in the SE US. There is also an active music program and continuing educational activities for all ages.
The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, Fresno, CA. At The Fresno Metropolitan Museum, we offer the highest quality programs in art, history and science that both reflect and celebrate the diversity of our region such as the William Saroyan Gallery with over 700 objects from the Pulitzer Prize winning author's life, and more!
The International Museum of Ceramic Art, Alfred, NY. Significant portions of the permanent collection show strength in the focus on American ceramics from 1900 to the present; ceramics made by Alfred MFA graduate students; pottery of the Ancient Americas, Chinese pottery and porcelain, European dinnerware, Leach pottery, Japanese ceramics by Rosanjin, Korean pottery from the United Silla, Koryo and Yi dynasties, tiles, Glidden Ware, and miscellaneous ceramics from many cultures and time periods.
Timken Museum of Art , San Diego, CA. Timken Museum of Art in San Diego. Most of the collection is online with anotation, in an easy 'pamphlet' layout.
Toledo Museum of Art , Toledo, OH. The Toledo Museum of Art continues to grow in its facilities, its collection, and its relations with the Toledo community. A series of renovations to the interior of the original building from 1977 to 1992 was followed by the completion of the Center for the Visual Arts, designed by Frank Gehry. This building houses the Museum's Library and the Art Department of the University of Toledo.
University Art Museum, Albany, New York.
University Museum, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale , Carbondale, IL. This web site is dedicated to open communication, interactive problem solving, data gathering, resource sharing, and professional development.
University Museums, University of Mississippi, Oxford, MS. of special note are the D. M. Robinson Collection of Greek and Roman Antiquities, the Millington-Barnard Collection of 19th-century scientific apparatus and collections of American southern, West African and Caribbean folk art, also dolls and decorative arts
University of Arizona Museum of Art.
University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, MI. Located at the gateway to the University’s historic central campus, the University of Michigan Museum of Art is considered one of the finest university art museums in the country, with more than 17,000 works of art and an ambitious schedule of special exhibitions and programs. UMMA’s extraordinary Western, Asian, and African holdings include masterworks by such artists as Dürer, Monet, Picasso, and today’s avant-garde.Features an online searchable database of over 14,000 objects.
University of Missouri, Museum of Art and Archaeology, Columbia, MO. The Museum's collection, over 13,000 objects, is strong in classical art and archaeology, as well as European and American art from the 15th c. to the present. This site includes exhibit information, a virtual exhibit of Roman Coins and an extensive museum education page.
University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthroplogy, Philadelphia, PA. Has sponsored over 300 expeditions around the world and have artifacts from every inhabited continent.
University of Wyoming Art Museum, Laramie, WY. The UWAM is an educational institution with a mission to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret a broad spectrum of visual arts of the highest quality and of national importance that expands awareness and understanding of all of the visual arts and its impact on our culture for Wyoming's residents.
Vernon Wood Museum of Art, Dayton , NV. The Vernon Wood Museum is in the early stages of being built . The Web page Museum has been a big help in letting people know who Vernon Wood was .
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia.
Wadsworth Athenium Museum of Art, Hartford, Connecticut. One of the oldest public museums in the country.
Washington National Cathedral, Washington, DC.
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City. See also Hollywood Archaeology artist's WWW project.
Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, Massachusetts. The Museum has been building its collection since 1898 and it has over 35,000 works in a collection that spans more than 5000 years of world art. Its strengths are American painting, Dutch and Flemish painting, Late Roman mosaics Japanese prints and European and American color-prints.
Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, CT. The YCBA holds one of the most comprehensive collections of British Art outside of London. The Center places special emphasis on art from the 17th Century to the present.
Yale University Art Gallery
Yellowstone Art Musuem, Billings, MT. In 1984, with a major grant from the Montana Coal Tax Fund and generous donations from private individuals, the Yellowstone Art Museum began to build a permanent collection of significant contemporary art of the region. The "Montana Collection" represents the preservation of Western art relevant to today's West, and constitutes a living artistic heritage.

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