New York and Surrounding Region:
Metropolitan Museum ~ The collection, since 1870, the Metropolitan Museum's collection now contains more than two million works of art from all points of the compass, ancient through modern times.
At the Met ~ Leonardo De Vinci - Master Draftsman,  he considered himself unlettered, he was misunderstood and not greatly appreciated by many contemporaries, but now it's a different story.

Whitney Museum of American Art ~ The Whitney Museum's permanent collection has long been acknowledged as its principal asset. Since the Museum's opening in 1931, the collection has grown to more than 12,000 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, and photographs, representing nearly 2,000 individual artists and providing the most complete overview of twentieth-century American art of any museum in the world. The collection is also recognized for its in-depth commitment to a number of key artists. From the first half of the century, such seminal figures as Edward Hopper, Alexander Calder, Reginald Marsh, and Stuart Davis are richly represented. In the latter half of the century, the Museum has committed considerable resources toward acquiring a large body of works by Louise Nevelson, Agnes Martin, Claes Oldenburg, Alex Katz, Ad Reinhardt, and others. By dedicating two entire floors to the display of the permanent collection, the Museum reaffirms the collection's central role in the Whitney Museum experience.

MoMA - the Museum of Modern Art, NY ~ The Museum of Modern Art's mission is the encouragement of an ever deeper understanding and enjoyment of modern and contemporary art by the diverse local, national, and international audiences that it serves.

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, the structure is closed but the online resources are up and running.

Brooklyn Museum of Art - A major reinstallation of the Brooklyn Museum of Art's American art holdings, considered one of the great collections of its kind in the world, integrates, for the first time, important objects from the Museum's exceptional collections of paintings and sculpture, decorative arts, Spanish colonial art, and Native American material. American Identities: A New Look utilizes 12,000 square feet of gallery space on the fifth floor of the Museum's East Wing.

Welcome to The Frick Collection. Here you will discover not only one of the world’s most perfect museums but its sister research institution of equal distinction, the Frick Art Reference Library.  The Collection consists of over 1,100 works of art (paintings, sculpture, works on paper and decorative arts) of international quality. Browse here and come to know what one of America’s most generous men has bequeathed for the nation’s enrichment.  The Library, known to scholars here and abroad, provides over one million research items for the study and advancement of art history.

The Hyde Collection Art Museum ~ The Museum offers a world class collection of objects that span the history of western art from the 4th century BC through the 20th century. The Museum's founders, Louis and Charlotte Hyde, acquired the majority of objects during a fifty-year period of avid and highly informed collecting.

Dia:Chelsea's exhibition program is principally dedicated to single-artist projects, produced on a substantial scale and with a commitment to site specificity.

Dia:Beacon is a museum for Dia Art Foundation's renowned collection of art from the 1960s to the present.

The Hispanic Society of America Museum ~ The collections of The Hispanic Society of America today are unparalleled in their scope and quality, addressing nearly every aspect of culture in Spain as well as Portugal, Latin America, and the Philippines.

El Museo del Barrio ~ possesses an extremely varied, 8,000-object collection of Caribbean and Latin American art, unique in the Eastern region of the United States. The works range from pre-Columbian vessels to contemporary installations.   The collections are categorized as such: Pre-Columbian Collection; Traditional Arts, Works on Paper, i.e. Printmaking; Paintings; Sculpture and Installations;
Photography; Film and Video.

International Print Center New York is the first and only non-profit institution devoted solely to the exhibition and understanding of fine art prints, from the old master to the contemporary.

Jewish Art Museum ~ Art and information capturing 4000 years of art, culture and history. 

Museum for African Art ~ The Museum for African Art has relocated to Long Island City, Queens. We present major exhibitions in our Main Gallery, and smaller changing exhibitions in our Focus Gallery (see Exhibitions). In addition, we maintain a lively calendar of events for visitors of all ages (see Public Programs) and a Museum Store that showcases traditional African art and crafts in a stylish setting.   We look forward to seeing you and please let us know how we can serve you.

Monclair Art Museum ~ Since its inception in 1913, The Montclair Art Museum has been dedicated to the collecting, preserving and exhibiting of high quality American and Native American art. The Museum’s collections comprise more than 15,000 works in a variety of media. The American Art collection covers three hundred years, from the 18th to the 20th centuries, and includes paintings, sculpture, and works on paper . The Native American collection consists of both traditional and contemporary, ethnographic and fine art objects. Thanks to a major donation by Mr. and Mrs. Henry M. Reed, The Montclair Art Museum is a significant repository for the works and personal papers of Morgan Russell, an originator of Synchromism, the first American modernist art movement. The collections continue to grow with approximately 100 works acquired annually through gifts and purchases.

The Nassau County Museum of Art's permanent collection contains over 600 works of art representing both 19th and 20th century European and American artists. Encompassing all types of media, the collection grows through donations.  Check out the outdoor sculpture garden!

Neue Galerie, New York ~ A Museum devoted to early twentieth century Austrian and German art and design.  The second floor gallery is devoted to from Vienna, Circa 1900.  The third floor gallery features German art representing various movements of the early twentieth century.  The goals of the Neue Galerie are to bring a sense of perspective to Germanic culture and to bring the best works available to American audiences.

The Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum - Noguchi's desire to share his work with a broad public audience led to the opening of the Isamu Noguchi Garden Museum in 1985. Since this time, the Museum has continued to build on this effort by designing a range of innovative educational programs and resources for local and international audiences.  The newly renovated Garden Museum will reopen in April 2004

Hofstra Museum, Hempstead ~  The Hofstra Museum is an educational institution committed to the collection, study, interpretation, conservation and exhibition of objects with aesthetic and cultural value. The Hofstra Museum is the custodian of the Museum's permanent collection of paintings, sculptures, works on paper, decorative arts, and ethnographic objects of African, Asian and pre-Columbian origin.  An impressive online collection is viewable in a number of categories.

The Studio Museum of Harlem ~ A contemporary art museum that focuses on the work of artists of African descent locally, nationally and globally, as well as work that has been inspired and influenced by African-American culture, through its exhibitions, Artists-in-Residence program, education and public programming, permanent collection, archival and research facilities. The Studio Museum in Harlem is committed to serving as a unique resource in its local community and in national and international arenas by making art works and exhibitions concrete and personal for each viewer and providing a context within which to address the contemporary and historical issues presented through art created by artists of African descent.

California:
Penn Valley:
Museum of Ancient and Modern Art ~ Interesting to start the tour of California museums here, this is a great example of how the arts can be presented to a rural region, Nevada County and how progressive Californian's are in their approach to art in the community.  Their Saturday Morning Children's Art program is a gem, George Marks, a former teacher at the Marin County Waldorf School in the Bay Area, commented that - "I think it is a wonderful resource for the children of Nevada County" comments George. "It is a dream to have access to so many artists and their techniques..."  The museum provides valuable exhibitions for the region as well, online users will find the virtual tours first class!  The museum is located in the Wildwood Business Center, 11392 Pleasant Valley Rd., Penn Valley.

Irvine:
 The Irvine Museum ~ is dedicated to the preservation and display of California art of the Impressionist Period (1890 - 1930). The Irvine Museum embraces a principal role in the education and furtherance of this beautiful and important regional variant of American Impressionism that has come to be associated with California and its remarkable landscape.

Los Angeles:
J. Paul Getty Museum ~ The mission of the J. Paul Getty Museum is to delight, inspire, and educate a diverse public through the collection, preservation, exhibition and interpretation of works of art of the highest quality.

The Hunington Museum and Botanical Gardens ~ The Art Collections are distinguished by their specialized character and elegant settings. The Huntington Gallery, originally the Huntington residence, contains one of the most comprehensive collections in this country of British and French art of the 18th and 19th centuries. In addition to being home to Gainsborough's Blue Boy and Lawrence's Pinkie, the Gallery also has special changing exhibitions. The Virginia Steele Scott Gallery of American Art brings together American paintings from the 1730s to the 1930s, a permanent exhibition devoted to the work of early 20th-century architects Charles and Henry Greene, as well as changing exhibitions.

Los Angeles County Museum of Art ~ A gigantic collection spanning the most significant periods of worldwide art, African art, American, Ancient and Islamic, Chinese and Korean, Japanese, European painting and sculpture, South and Southeast Asian, Latin American art, also collections of Modern and Contemporary art, Decorative arts, Costumes and Textiles, Prints and Drawings, and Photography. The LACMA Collection Online represents nearly 40% of the entire collection, WOW, explore over 45,000 art treasures, over 37,000 images and 150,000 library records!

MOCA - The Museum of Contemporary Art ~  1 MUSEUM, 3 LOCATIONS
MOCA AT CALIFORNIA PLAZA
Designed by Arata Isozaki, MOCA at California Plaza is host to elegant underground galleries, the Patinette café, the flagship location of the MOCA Store, and staff offices.  250 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 9001.2
MOCA AT THE GEFFEN CONTEMPORARY
Five minutes from California Plaza, this former police-car garage houses some of MOCA's largest exhibitions and includes a branch of the MOCA Store.152 North Central Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90013
MOCA AT THE PACIFIC DESIGN CENTER
Located in the heart of West Hollywood, MOCA at the Pacific Design Center features rotating exhibitions of architecture, design, and selections from MOCA’s permanent collection.  8687 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA 90069

Natural History Museum ~ The beauty of California’s striking landscapes and clear, intense natural light have inspired painters for more than 100 years. “California’s Native Grandeur: Preserving Vanishing Landscapes” is an exhibition of more than 40 oil paintings from the late 19th and early 20th centuries by artists whose works inspired early environmentalists. These light-filled canvases depict many visions of California, from the South Coast’s gleaming beaches to the Sierra Nevada’s rugged peaks.

The Norton Simon Museum of Art at Pasadena holds on of the worlds finest and most prestigious collections of Art.  Reflecting the extraordinary vision of the founder, it stands as a tribute to human civilization, the visual arts and the nobility of individual accomplishment.  The permanent collection contains Western and Asian art spanning a period of 2,000 years.

The UCLA Fowler Museum of Cultural History explores art and material culture primarily from Africa, Asia, Oceania, and the Americas, past and present. The Fowler seeks to enhance understanding and appreciation of the diverse peoples, cultures, and religions of the world through highly contextualized interpretive exhibitions, publications, and public programming.

Orange County:
The Orange County Museum of Art's significant collection chronicles California's unique art history and provides a dynamic context in which to view the museum's changing exhibitions.  OCMA's holdings of California art past and present are unique in Southern California. Our galleries bring together outstanding paintings, sculptures, and mixed-media works that trace the artistic history of twentieth- century California art from its plein-air infancy, to the Light and Space movement of the 1960s, and on to the most cutting-edge art of today.

Pacific Grove:
Stowitts Museum and Library ~ Celebrating and dedicated to the work and legacy of Hubert Julian Stowitts (American 1892-1953) and other 20th century artists who made significant contributions to art and culture yet were overlooked – or worse - neglected by mainstream critics and scholars of their era.  The Museum is located in beautiful Pacific Grove, California on the Monterey Peninsula at 591 Lighthouse Avenue.

Palm Springs:
Palm Springs Desert Museum ~ Founded in 1938, the Palm Springs Desert Museum is an educational institution that promotes a greater understanding of art, natural science and performing arts through collections, exhibitions and programs. The Museum's permanent art collection features 19th, 20th, and 21st century works focusing on contemporary California, classic western American, Native American and Precolumbian art.  There is a bit of a Hollywood influence here.

Pasadena:
Pacific Asian Museum ~ The permanent collection contains over 14,000 rare and representative examples of art and artifacts from Asia and the Pacific islands spanning a period of  5,000 years.  The online catalogue allows website visitors to admire over 300 works in various media and 300 Chinese ceramic objects.

Sacramento:
The Crocker Art Museum ~ Dedicated to promoting an awareness of and enthusiasm for human experience through art. As the leading arts institution in the Sacramento Valley, the Crocker serves as the primary regional resource for the study and appreciation of fine art, with an emphasis on the original Crocker family donation of California art and European drawings, contemporary northern California art and, more recently, of East Asian painting and international ceramics.  We measure our success by our ability to enrich the intellectual and cultural life of the communities we serve. We strive to create and sustain a culture of learning in which works of art are perceived both as objects of visual delight and as symbols of human thought.  NOTE: The Crocker was the first art museum experience for the author of this site, those early exposures helped shaped a life long interest.

San Francisco / Bay Area:
Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco ~ The Legion of Honor displays a collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art in an exquisite Beaux-Arts building in an unforgettable setting overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge.  In 2005, San Francisco's beloved de Young museum re-opens in a magnificent new building designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architects Herzog & de Meuron. The de Young will house collections of American art, African art, Oceanic art, textile arts, and arts of the Americas. Search and view 82,00 images at this site!

San Francisco Museum of Modern Art - MoMA - The first museum on the West Coast devoted solely to 20th-century art, the San Francisco Museum of Art opened in 1935.  The painting and sculpture collection is distinguished by major works by artists associated with the American Abstract Expressionist School.  It has strengths in American Post-Minimalism; German Expressionism; Fauvism, particularly the works of Henri Matisse; Mexican painting; and the art of the San Francisco Bay Area.  More than 50 years ago, the Museum was one of the first to recognize photography as an art form.  In 1983, SFMOMA became the first West Coast museum to establish a Department of Architecture and Design.  In early 1988, the Department of Media Arts was established to develop a program of exhibitions and educational events related to video, media-dependent performance art and film.

The Asian Art Museum is one of the largest museums in the Western world devoted exclusively to Asian art. Its holdings include nearly 15,000 treasures spanning 6,000 years of history, representing cultures throughout Asia.

University of California, Berkeley Art Museum & Pacific Film Archive -
(BAM/PFA) is the visual arts center of the University of California, Berkeley. One of the largest university art museums in the United States, in both size and attendance.  Over three decades the museum's collection has evolved with particular strengths in historical and contemporary Asian art; early American painting; mid-twentieth-century, Conceptual, and contemporary international art; and California and Bay Area art.  The museum provides the UC Berkeley and Bay Area communities with an ambitious schedule of exhibitions exploring international art, both historical and contemporary.

The Jewish Museum San Francisco ~ This small introduction to the collections, juxtaposed with contemporary artists’ interpretations of the kind that The Jewish Museum San Francisco has long presented, reflects the rich resonance of our institution, with our communities — we can explore art, history, culture and ideas through the lens of Jewish life.

Judas L. Magnes Museum, Berkeley~ Founded in 1962, The Judah L. Magnes Museum collects, preserves, and exhibits art and artifacts reflecting the diversity and complexity of the Jewish experience throughout history. We promote understanding by fostering dialogue and exploring links between Jewish and other cultures.

Museum of Craft and Folk Art - Represents unique and rapidly evolving forms of American art and expression.

The San Francisco Museum of Cartoon Art - ...In 1984, a group of cartoon art enthusiasts began organizing exhibitions by using art work from their own collections. For several years, the Cartoon Art Museum was a "museum without walls", setting up shows in local museums and corporate spaces. In 1987, with an endowment from Peanuts creator, Charles M. Schulz, the museum established residence in the heart of San Francisco's new vibrant art center, Yerba Buena Gardens.  The Cartoon Art Museum is the only museum in the United States dedicated to the preservation and exhibition of cartoon art in all its forms. This unique institution houses approximately 6,000 original pieces in its permanent collection; a complete volume research/library facility is located on the museum's premises. In addition to seven major exhibitions a year, the museum has a classroom for cartoon art and a bookstore.

The Mexican Museum ~ Exploring the complexity of Mexican and Latino cultures in the Americas.  The Mexican Museum holds a unique collection of over 12,000 spectacular objects representing thousands of years of Mexican history and culture within the Americas.  The permanent collection, the Museum's most important asset and resource, includes five collecting areas: Pre-Conquest; Colonial; Popular; Modern and Contemporary Mexican and Latino; and Chicano Art. The Museum also has an impressive number of rare books and a growing collection of Latin American art.

San Francisco Art Commission Gallery ~  While not a "true" museum, it is worthy of listing here as a site to visit.  Since 1970, the Art Commission Gallery has been an important venue for emerging to mid-career artists. In the course of its history it has presented the works of more than 1,700 artists at its first facility at 155 Grove Street, and continuing in its present location at 401 Van Ness Avenue.

Santa Barbara:
Santa Barbara Museum of Art ~ Since its founding in 1941, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art has developed a unique identity with strengths in the following areas: Ancient Art, Asian Art (Chinese, Japanese, Indian and Tibetan), French and English 19th and early 20th Century Art, 19th and early 20th Century American Art, International Modernism, Works on Paper, Photography, and Contemporary Art. Influenced by the community as a whole and by individual collectors of major importance, the holdings of the Museum have taken on a character specific to this institution.

Santa Cruz:
Museum of Art and History ~ Where the Redwoods meet the Sea!  Another fine example of how art is integrated into smaller communities in California, local Northern California artists and subjects are showcased in a museum setting.  Educational programs aimed at children is an essential community element. The Museum of Art And History (MAH) is located at the McPherson Center 705 Front Street in downtown Santa Cruz (corner of Front and Cooper Streets).

San Diego:
Mingei International Museum ~ Mingei is a special word increasingly used throughout the world for "arts of the people." It was coined by the revered scholar, the late Dr. Soetsu Yanagi, through combining the Japanese words for all people (min) and art (gei). His keen eye observed that many useful, pre-industrial articles made by unknown craftsmen were of a beauty seldom equaled by artists of modern societies.  Mingei International built and established the Museum of World Folk Art in University Towne Centre, San Diego, California on May 5, 1978, In August 1996 it opened a new, architecturally designed, state-of-the-art museum in Balboa Park, San Diego. Changing exhibitions focus on traditional and contemporary folk art, craft and design.  Through the universal language of line, form and color, mingei speaks eloquently of the similarities and distinctions of individuals and cultures.

San Diego Museum of Art ~ Welcome to the San Diego Museum of Art, the region's primary resource for exhibitions and collections of fine art for more than 75 years. Located in the heart of Balboa Park, our galleries offer opportunities for learning.  Explore the collections of the San Diego Museum of Art. We offer you two versions to browse. For those with Broadband connections, try our new IMAGE Gallery (requires flash 6). For those with dial-up connections or with screen readers, try our Classic IMAGE on the Web. Galleries are categorized as such: American Art, European Art, Asian Art, Far Eastern Art, South Asian Art, Contemporary Art, Prints & Drawings, New Acquisitions and Provenance Research.

San Diego Art Institute, "The Museum of the Living Artists" ~ SDAI: The Museum of the Living Artist. A new exhibition of works by talented Southern California regional artists opens every four to six weeks in this specially designed 10,000 square-foot, state-of-the-art gallery space, dedicated to the advancement of the visual arts through outreach, education, and exhibition.  SDAI is neither a traditional museum nor a for-profit gallery; rather we function much like a municipal gallery and offer a comprehensive look at the visual art scene here in San Diego.  Artists should check out the International Show and the opportunities to participate.

San Jose:
San Jose Museum of Art ~ The San Jose Museum of Art has a permanent collection of 1,400 twentieth and twenty-first century artworks including paintings, sculpture, installation, new media, photography, drawings, prints, and artist books. Objects from the permanent collection are often installed in the Museum's galleries, and are periodically used to curate entire exhibitions. Through this web site, the Museum offers the public 24-hour a day access to some of the highlights of the permanent collection, as well as some recent acquisitions to the collection. Over time, the online permanent collection offerings will increase.

San Luis Obispo:
San Luis Obispo Art Center ~  While not a museum this a resource worthy of consideration.  At the Art Center, we present a diverse mix of traditional and contemporary arts throughout the year.  Work is selected for its ability to challenge the viewer, to inspire and stimulate new ideas, and to enhance the viewer's appreciation of the creative process.

Sonoma County:
Sonoma Valley Museum, Sonoma ~ The little museum that can!  With so many excellent museums in the greater bay area, this little museum has access to numerous excellent materials to be displayed on loan.  Find exhibitions of quality and scope you would not expect in a small communities museum.

Sonoma County Museum
Pics - Artistry in Wood 2004 - Sonoma County Museum -Aug.6 - Sept. 26 2004

Alabama:
Huntsville Museum ~ The nationally-accredited Museum fills its seven galleries with a variety of exhibitions throughout the year, including prestigious traveling exhibits and the work of nationally and regionally acclaimed artists. The Museum’s own 2,300-piece permanent collection also forms the basis for several exhibitions each year.

Mobile Museum of Art ~ 6,000 Works of Art Spanning 2000 Years of Cultural History ~ The beautiful architecture of the new Mobile Museum of Art, designed by The Architects Group, provides an exquisite setting for blockbuster exhibitions and the museum’s permanent collection of more than 6,000 works of art. The collection is strong in American art of the 1930s-40s, work by southern artists, art of the French Barbizon School, contemporary American crafts and late 19th century American art. The museum has holdings in Asian, African and European works as well.

Arizona:
Phoenix Art Museum ~ The new 9,100 square foot Steele Gallery, the current exhibitions gallery, features a unique movable lighting grid system and is one of the most flexible gallery spaces in the country for showing small to very large works of art.  Phoenix Art Museum's Collection of over 17,000 works spans the centuries and emphasizes American Art; Asian Art; European Art of the 14th-19th Centuries; Western American Art; Modern and Contemporary Art; Spanish Colonial and Latin American Art; 18th-20th Century Fashion Design; and the Thorne Miniature Rooms.

Colorado:
Denver Art Museum ~ Changing exhibitions are drawn from our rich collection of fine and decorative art.   The Asian art collection reflects the diverse creative concepts of a vast and complex area.  The Modern and Contemporary collection of 20th-century art contains over 4,500 works, with an emphasis on both internationally known and emerging artists.  The Denver Art Museum is unique among art museums in the United States in the scope and depth of our Native Arts collection, including more than 16,000 art objects, represents more than a hundred tribes.  New World department encompass two major areas: Pre-Columbian traditions before the arrival of the Spanish, and art from the Spanish Colonial era onward.  The department of Painting and Sculpture, which includes over 3,000 objects, is composed of American and European painting, sculpture, and prints through the early 20th century.  The Institute for Western American Art oversees an active program of acquisitions and exhibitions, as well as the award-winning publication, Western Passages. It's collection, which includes work by all major western masters.

Connecticut:
The New Britain Museum of American Art's founding in 1903 entitles the institution to be designated the first museum of strictly American art in the country.  The collections now number approximately 4,300 works of American art: 680 oils, 1,050 drawings (including watercolors and pastels), 860 graphics, 160 sculptures, 25 photographs, and 1,460 illustrations. The last, a unique component of the holdings, is the Sanford B.D. Low Illustration Collection, named in memory of the first director. It represents an enormous range of media and subject matter and includes important works by such noted illustrators as Norman Rockwell.  The Website offers an informative and unique timeline from the Colonial era to the present as a means of exploring the collection.

Florida:
The Norton Museum of Art's impressive collection of late 19th- and 20th-century American paintings, sculpture, prints, and drawings is one of the strengths and delights of the permanent collection.  The highly distinguished collection of Chinese art is a perennial favorite with Museum visitors. Many of the Chinese works of art were selected by the Museum’s founder, R. H. Norton.  The Norton Museum of Art's collection of European art includes excellent examples of works before 1870 as well as those after 1870.  The Museum has an increasingly significant collection of contemporary art.  In the last fifty years, photography has attained unprecedented prominence as an art form, and the Norton Museum of Art's photography collection reflects this remarkable growth. The Museum is located in West Palm Beach.

Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg ~ The Permanent Collection of approximately 4,000 works is the only comprehensive art collection, extending from antiquity to the present day, on the Florida west coast. The collection is particularly strong in nineteenth-century French and American painting, early twentieth-century American painting, and photography. The Museum's photography collection of nearly 700 works is considered one of the finest in the South.  A beautifully illustrated Catalogue of the Collection (1994), with detailed entries on the Museum's most significant holdings, is available from our Museum Shop for $35.00 plus $5.00 postage. You can write to Allison Ben David, Exhibitions Assistant, the Museum of Fine Arts, 255 Beach Drive NE, St. Petersburg, Florida 33701-3498.

Orlando Museum of Art ~ The American Art Collection consists of works from the 18th century to the present.  The Art of the Ancient Americas contains artifacts from more than 30 cultures and date from 2000 B.C. to A. D. 1521.  The African Art Collection contains ceremonial, utilitarian artifacts and items of personal adornment from several different regions of Africa.

Polk Museum of Art ~ More than an art museum!  PMOA Collections -
One of the goals of Polk Museum of Art is to stimulate awareness and appreciation of the arts through the acquisition and care of a Permanent Collection. There art is arranged as such: Modern and Contemporary Art, Asian Art, European & American Decorative Arts, and Pre-Columbian Art.  There are a number of works presented on the website for viewing.

Dali Museum, St. Petersburg ~ The Salvador Dalí Museum is the permanent home of the world's most comprehensive collection of the renowned Spanish artist's work. Compiled by the A. Reynolds Morse and Eleanor Morse over a 45-year period, it is celebrated for its 95 oil paintings, and features excellent examples from Dalí's four major periods - Early (1917-1927), Transitional (1928), Surreal (1929-1939), and Classic (1940-1970s).  In addition to the 95 oil paintings, the collection includes over 100 watercolors and drawings, 1,300 graphics, photographs, sculptures and objects d'art, and an extensive archival library.

Illinois
The Art Institute of Chicago, Museum - Over 300,000 artifacts are housed in the actual museum.  Works are available to view online in these categories; African and Amerindian, American art, Architecture, Asian art, Ancient art, European art, Photography, European decorative art and sculpture, prints and drawings, textiles, arms and armor, mdern and contemporary art.

Kentucky:
The Speed Art Museum ~ Established in 1927, Kentucky’s oldest and largest art museum with over 12,000 pieces in its permanent collection. Its extensive collection spans 6,000 years, ranging from ancient Egyptian to contemporary art.  The museum has distinguished collections of 17th century Dutch and Flemish painting, 18th century French art, Renaissance and Baroque tapestries, and significant holdings of contemporary American painting and sculpture. African and Native American works also represent a growing segment of the museum's collection.  The Speed also houses paintings, sculpture, furniture, and decorative arts by Kentucky artists and created for Kentuckians..

Indiana:
Indianapolis Museum of Art ~ The IMA is in the midst of a transformation that will unite the strengths of its world-class collections, historic properties and beautiful landscape. When this ambitious expansion project is complete, the New IMA will welcome visitors to a vibrant new museum featuring three distinct art experiences: the Indianapolis Museum of Art, the Virginia B. Fairbanks Art & Nature Park and Oldfields—Lilly House & Gardens.  The permanent colllections offer the following categories;  African Art, American Art, Asian Art., Contemporary, Decorative arts, European Art, Precolumbian Art, Prints, Drawings, Photographs, South Pacific Art, Textile Arts.

Swope Art Museum, Terra Haute ~ The new Sheldon Swope Art Gallery opened to the public in 1942 to national acclaim. The works acquired for the opening exhibition--paintings by Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, Charles Burchfield, Edward Hopper, and other American masters--have made the Swope known around the world. Since then, the museum has acquired representative and important examples of earlier and later periods of American art. You can enjoy these masterpieces in the second-floor galleries, along with a significant representation of Wabash Valley artists.

Louisiana:
The New Orleans Museum of Art, the city's oldest fine arts institution, has a magnificent permanent collection of more than 40,000 objects, valued in excess of $200 million. The collection, noted for its extraordinary strengths in French and American art, photography, glass, African and Japanese works, continues to grow. In late 2002, the five acre Sydney and Walda Besthoff Sculpture Garden premiered as one of the most important sculpture installations in the United States.

Maine:
The Farnsworth Art Museum, Rockland, offers a nationally recognized collection of American art in its elegantly appointed galleries. Such great names in 18th- and 19th-century American art history as Gilbert Stuart, Thomas Sully, Thomas Eakins, Eastman Johnson, Fitz Hugh Lane, Frank Benson, Childe Hassam, and Maurice Prendergast are represented in the museum's permanent collection entitled Maine in America.  The museum also houses the nation's second-largest collection of works by premier 20th-century sculptor Louise Nevelson and has opened four new galleries to showcase contemporary art. Its Wyeth Center exclusively features works of Andrew, N.C. and Jamie Wyeth--America's first family of art.

Florence Griswold Museum, Lyme ~ Imbued with the spirit of a remarkable woman, the Florence Griswold Museum is a historic place that spawned an authentic American art.   During the early decades of the 20th century, the Lyme Art Colony, centered in Miss Florence Griswold's boarding house, became America's most famous summer art colony. Today this museum of art, history, and landscape is known as the Home of American Impressionism.

Portland Museum of Art ~ The past 121 years has shown that the Museum has been dedicated to creating an institution unique in the country. The Museum charts the development of the Western tradition in visual arts; with a special focus on Maine's own extraordinary artistic history.  The works of European masters such as Auguste Renoir, Henri Toulouse-Lautrec, Edgar Degas, and Mary Cassatt are well-represented in these world-class collections.  This American collection includes many outstanding works by artists such as Winslow Homer, Robert Indiana, Andrew Wyeth, Rockwell Kent, and Marsden Hartley.  The museum's Decorative Arts Collection documents the design and craft traditions of southern Maine as well as the early 19th-century taste for classical design. The museum's extensive glass collection includes more than 2000 pieces of American and European origin, including pieces by famous glass manufacturer Louis Comfort Tiffany.

Massachusetts:
The Harvard University Art Museums are amongst the leading arts institutions in the United States and the world. It is distinguished by the range and depth of its collections and its groundbreaking exhibitions and original research.  The three Harvard University Art Museums—the Fogg Art Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum—are all outstanding institutions in their respective fields.

The Museum of Contemporary Art ~ For nearly 65 years, the Institute of Contemporary Art has been introducing to Boston and the country some of the most important contemporary artists of our time.  The ICA's first director, James Sachs Plaut, envisioned this new institution as "an experimental laboratory in which we would present a platform for things that were happening on the contemporary art scene."

MIT Visual Arts Center ~ Just as MIT pushes at the frontiers of scientific inquiry, it is the mission of the List Visual Arts Center, located on the campus of MIT, to explore challenging, intellectually inquisitive, contemporary art making in all media. The purpose is to not only enjoy art's traditional focus on aesthetics, but to explore art that examines the cultural, social, and sometimes, scientific or economic, contexts that surround us; to expose, rethink, and represent aspects of our world. Artists of national and international stature, as well as emerging artists, are featured.

Museum of Fine Arts, Boston ~ Your Museum is a place to relax in a world that is increasingly stressful; to find comfort in beauty; to marvel at the talent of great artists; to enjoy the best in musical performances, films, and fine dining.

Brandies University "The Rose Art Museum" ~ The Rose house an outstanding collection of modern and contemporary art, widely recognized  to be the finest collection of 2oth century art in New England.  The collection focuses on post WWII American artists.

Peabody Essex Museum ~ The new Peabody Essex Museum is both a new building and a new idea. Experience a museum transformed.  A visitor’s engagement is encouraged through a new set of tools and opportunities to focus more intently on the art, to see beyond objects to their makers, the culture, and the creative process.  Discover one of New England’s most important and historic research libraries, located on the PEM campus.

Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum ~ Years ago I decided that the greatest need in our Country was Art… We were a very young country and had very few opportunities of seeing beautiful things, works of art… So, I determined to make it my life's work if I could." 
                    - Isabella Stewart Gardner, on the creation of her Museum, 1917-

The Norman Rockwell Museum at Stockbridge houses the most significant public collection of Norman Rockwell's work in the world. The Museum's holdings include original artwork and the artist's studio and its related collection, including personal memorabilia, supplies, and reference materials.

Springfield Museums - "The Quandrangle" ~ Welcome to the historic Quadrangle where four distinctive museums and a major urban resource library are clustered around a tree-shaded green.  Two of the four are dedicated to the Arts.  The Museum of Fine Arts features 14 galleries of paintings, sculpture and works on paper. Six galleries are devoted to American art from the 18th through the 20th centuries.  The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum, a  remarkably intact Victorian-era museum celebrated its centennial in 1996. Built in the style of an Italian palazzo and featuring stained glass windows by the Louis Comfort Tiffany Company, the museum displays the exquisite decorative arts and paintings collected by G.W.V. Smith and his wife, Belle, during the late 19th century.

Michigan:
Grand Rapids Art Museum ~ The permanent collection of the Grand Rapids Art Museum consists of over 5500 works of art dating from 1400 to the present. The collections are primarily European and American with 20th century collections of international scope. The art and artists of Michigan and the Great Lakes region are represented in all areas of the collection.

Detroit:
The Detroit Institute of Arts ~ The heart of a great museum is its collection, DIA is proud to claim one of the largest, most significant art collections in the nation. From the first painting donated in 1883 to the most recent acquisition, the DIA’s collection of over 65,000 works brings the culture and history of the world to Detroit’s doorstep. Ranging from the classic to cutting-edge, the works housed in the DIA will challenge perceptions and enrich perspectives, leaving visitors with a fresh outlook and a jolt of inspiration.

Minnesota
The Minneapolis Institute of Arts houses more than 100,000 objects from diverse cultural traditions spanning 5,000 years of world history. The Institute is a comprehensive and encyclopedic fine arts museum serving the Twin Cities and the Upper Midwest and is recognized internationally as one of the great museums in America.

Walker Art Center ~ At the Website ~ The collection is organized by; Sculpture, Video works, Performance art, Net art, Sound exploration and Exhibitions. The Minneapolis Sculpture Garden is associated with the Walker Art Center.

The Minnesota Museum of American Art ~ The Museum's permanent collection represents over 40 years of collecting and over 130 years of making art in America. In the Museum's Collection Galleries, visitors can enjoy works of art by: Minnesota sculptor Evelyn Raymond,  Saint Paul native Paul Manship, Robert Henri, Thomas Hart, Benton, Jacob Lawrence, George Morrison, Elsa Jemne, Cameron Booth, Doug Argue, Mike Lynch, Louise Nevelson and many more.  New Look for Museum's Collection Galleries ~ In 1997, the Minnesota Museum of American Art’s renovated galleries opened to the public. In addition to upgraded special exhibition spaces, nearly two-thirds of the galleries were devoted to presenting the Museum’s collection. This was a welcome addition to our long history of changing exhibitions from the collection. With these new galleries, visitors had the opportunity to view their favorite works each time they came to the Museum.

Mississippi:
Mississippi Museum of Art ~ When the Mississippi Museum of Art opened in 1978, our Permanent Collection comprised 800 individual objects. Thanks to the donations and contributions of countless Mississippians, the collection has grown to include more than 3,100 works of art spanning thousands of years of art history.  The MMA is home to the world's largest collection of art created by and relating to Mississippians and their diverse heritage. The collection is also notably strong in 19th and 20th century American landscape paintings, 18th century British paintings and furniture, Japanese prints, pre-Columbian ceramics and Oceanic art, photographs and folk art.

Missouri:
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City is one of the country’s premier art institutions. Its rich collections bring together masterpieces from every culture and period of the world, spanning over 5,000 years.  The Nelson-Atkins has prestigious collections of European and American art, but it is known above all for its magnificent collection of Asian art, notably the arts of China. The Chinese collection comprises masterpieces from every phase of Chinese art. The bronze age (1200 B.C. to 500 B.C.) is especially well represented in a series of ceremonial vessels and weapons.   Modern sculpture is another area of distinction, both inside the Museum and outdoors in The Kansas City Sculpture Park, which features the country’s largest collection of monumental bronzes by British sculptor Henry Moore as well as works by other modern masters.  The Museum is also home to outstanding collections of ancient art, decorative arts, African art and American Indian art.

Montana:
The National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson Hole, features a collection of over 2,000 pieces of art portraying wildlife. Dating from 2000 b.c. to the present, the collection chronicles much of the history of wildlife in art, focusing primarily on European and American painting and sculpture. Our collection of American art from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries is particularly strong, recording European exploration of the American West. Many of these works predate photography, making them vital representations of the frontier era in the history of the United States.  The collection represents artists from a wide variety of genres, including explorer art, sporting art, Romanticism, Realism, Impressionism, and Modernism.  As the museum moves towards its third decade, the scope of the collection is broadening to include wildlife art from around the world. Recent acquisitions include works from Africa and New Zealand. The Museum also includes works done in a wide variety of media, including oil, bronze, stone, acrylic, watercolor, gouache, pastel, pencil, lithography, photography, and charcoal.

Nebraska:
Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha has served as a premier center for the visual arts since it opened in 1931. Nebraska's only fine arts museum with an encyclopedic permanent collection, Joslyn features works from antiquity to the present with a special emphasis on 19th- and 20th-century art from Europe and America.

Nevada:
Nevada Museum of Art, Reno ~ Divided into five focus areas, the permanent collection of the Nevada Museum of Art consists of over 1900 works of art organized around the general themes of land and environment. This thematic, rather than historical or stylistic focus on the environment mirrors the community's growing interest in the protection of the land.  Furthermore, the focus provides scope and direction for future acquisitions and exhibitions. The five focuses are: The Altered Landscape; Contemporary Collections; Sierra Nevada / Great Basin Collection; Historical Collection; E. L. Wiegand Collection. All this can be viewed in the brand new museum setting, the black rock desert inspired an invention of beauty and function. experience the new Nevada museum of art, which opened May 24, 2003.

Los Vegas:
Guggenheim Hermitage Museum ~ The state-of-the-art gallery space for the new Guggenheim Hermitage Museum is within the elaborate structure of Las Vegas's Venetian Resort-Hotel-Casino. This enclosed exhibition space houses masterworks from the Guggenheim and Hermitage museums in a unique setting.

New Jersey:
Sumei Multidisciplinary Arts Center ~ A non-profit organization that provides a space for artists of all disciplines to perform and exhibit their work and to interact with the public in order to promote an exchange of cultural ideas and practices.  The center was started by a collective of professional artists in 1993, who live in and around Newark, and includes musicians, architects, poets, graphic designers, visual and fine artists all interested in broadening the opportunities between the local and broader audience.  The Sumei Center also hosts presentations of music and theatre from different cultures, and international exhibits of art from different areas of Africa and other parts of the world. 

New Mexico:
Georgia O'Keefe Museum ~ The Museum’s permanent collection of over 130 O’Keeffe paintings, drawings, and sculpture is the largest in the world. Throughout the year, visitors can see a changing selection of at least 50 of these works. In addition, the Museum presents special exhibitions that are either devoted entirely to O’Keeffe’s work or that combines examples of her art with works by her American modernist contemporaries.  The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Research Center opened in July 2001 as a component of the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum. As the only museum-related research facility in the world dedicated to the study of American Modernism (1890s to present).

North Carolina:
Mint Museum of Art ~ Take a walk through the cultures and artistic expressions of the Americas in the Mint Museum of Art's permanent collection. With a focus on art in the Americas, including influential art from other cultures, the Mint provides a unique perspective that spans from pre-Columbian through Colonial America to the present day. It is a view of the Americas that opens windows to other cultures and times.  You'll see American paintings and decorative arts, African art, North Carolina pottery and one of the country's most extensive displays of European ceramics and pre-Columbian art.  The Mint Museum of Art is a feast for the eyes, mind and soul.   You might also visit The Mint Museum of Craft and Design.

North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh ~ The art collection spans more than 5,000 years, from ancient Egypt to the present. The ancient collection includes Egyptian funerary art and important examples of sculpture and vase painting from the Greek and Roman worlds. European paintings and sculpture from the Renaissance through Impressionism is internationally celebrated.  American art of the 18th and 19th centuries features paintings by John Singleton Copley, Thomas Cole, Winslow Homer.  Modern art includes major works by such American artists as Marsden Hartley, Georgia O'Keeffe, Franz Kline, Frank Stella.  Modern European masters include Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Paul Delvaux, Henry Moore. Galleries are also devoted to African, Ancient American, and Oceanic Art, and Jewish ceremonial art.

Ohio:
The Cincinnati Art Museum - Founded in 1881, this museum is one of the country's oldest visual arts institutions.  At the Cincinnati Art Museum, visitors sample 6,000 years of world art distinguished by its extremely high quality. In addition to the art of ancient Egypt, Greece and Rome, there are extensive galleries of Near and Far Eastern art, Native American and African art and in the future there will be extensive galleries of furniture, glass, ceramics, silver, costumes and folk art. The painting collection includes works by European old masters, as well as 20th-century works. The American collection holds works by Copley, Cole, Harnett, Wyeth, Wood, Hopper, Diebenkorn and Rothko, as well as major artists from the 1970s and 1980s.

Cleveland:
Cleveland Museum of Art ~ The 4800 objects presented here in CMA Collections Online represent only a portion (about 10%) of the permanent collection of the Cleveland Museum of Art.  The objects in these collections are not always on display. Some of our collections are either sensitive to light or fragile and cannot be on permanent display. Other collections in the museum are also rotated in and out of the galleries during the year (e.g. Japanese Screens). These items can be found in the associated collections above.

Oklahoma:
The Oklahoma City Museum of Art in the Donald W. Reynolds Visual Arts Center is a privately funded, 110,000 square-foot, three-story facility in the downtown arts district. The first floor special exhibition gallery offers world class traveling exhibitions. The permanent collection includes more than 3,000 works, featuring European, Asian and American art.

Oregon:
The Portland Art Museum is the oldest art museum in the Pacific Northwest and, since its founding in 1892, has amassed a diverse collection numbering over 33,000 objects and works of art. This “collection of collections” comprises primarily gifts from generous donors and smaller collections purchased in their entirety. The Museum’s collection includes works of European painting and sculpture, American painting and sculpture, English silver, Asian art, Native American art, Pre-Columbian art, Cameroon and other African art, contemporary art, sculpture, prints and drawings, and photography.

Pennsylvania:
Baltimore Museum of Art -  In the early 20th century, two Baltimore sisters—Claribel and Etta Cone—assembled one of the most important art collections in the world. Visiting  studios of Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, they acquired an exceptional collection of art.  The sisters also collected paintings by Cézanne, Gauguin, van Gogh, and Renoir, and a variety of textiles, jewelry, furniture, and African, Asian, and Near Eastern art.  Cone Wing galleries provide an intimate setting in which to view these masterpieces as well as insights into the sisters' diversity as collectors.

American Visionary Art Museum  ~ A unique viewpoint of what Art is.

The Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts ~ Well it's not a museum in name, but, the collections is of museum quality and girth, much is available to view in the "under construction" online exhibition.  Since its founding in 1805, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts has been committed to fostering and collecting American art. The Academy is pleased to present highlights of the permanent collection, one of the foremost collections of American art, ranging from colonial masters such as Robert Feke, John Singleton Copley, and Benjamin West, to major contemporary artists including Richard Diebenkorn, Red Grooms, and Faith Ringgold.

Pittsburg:
The Andy Warhol Museum is a vital forum in which diverse audiences of artists, scholars and the general public are galvanized through creative interaction with the art and life of Andy Warhol. The Warhol is ever-changing and constantly re-defining itself in relation to contemporary life, using its unique collections and dynamic, interactive programming as tools.  The Warhol is one of the four Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh. Opened in 1994, the Museum features extensive permanent collections of art and archives on one of the most influential American artists of the twentieth century. It is also a primary resource for anyone seeking insights into contemporary art and popular culture.

The Carnegie Museum of Art ~ The Carnegie Museum of Art offers a distinguished collection of contemporary art that includes film and video works. Other collections of note include works of American art from the late nineteenth century, French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, and European and American decorative arts from the late seventeenth century to the present.  The marble Hall of Sculpture replicates the interior of the Parthenon.

Utah:
The Springville Museum of Art is Utah's oldest and most beautiful museum for the visual fine arts.  Selections from the museum's noted collection of over 1,500 works of Utah and American art are shown on the second floor. It was with the establishment of the National Spring Salon in 1922 that the museum and its collection became nationally recognized.  The Museum houses the finest collection of Utah fine art, a significant collection of twentieth century American realism and Soviet Socialist Realism from the 1930's to the 1970's. A planned expansion called Centennial Wing will add about 14,000 square feet to the Museum, double the exhibition space, and provide space for education programs.

South Carolina:
Columbia Museum of Art - Welcome to the permanent collection galleries of the Columbia Museum of Art. Here, visitors will find the arts which reflect the mission of the museum - European and American fine and decorative arts and design from the late Middle Ages to the present. The galleries can be experienced chronologically, moving from Gallery 2 through Gallery 17, but the installation has been planned to present visitors with options at every turn. Feel free to experience the collection in a manner that suits your individual tastes and wishes.

Reynolda House Museum of American Art ~ The fine art collection at Reynolda House begins in 1755 with Jeremiah Thëus' portrait of Mrs. Thomas Lynch, and continues through the 20th century, including examples of American art history's major developments.  Depictions of rugged Western landscapes helped shape for the general American public an image of the emerging states as a vast "land of opportunity," while later generations of artists would break through barriers of a different kind. Upon a visit to the museum, one noted art historian was moved to declare that Reynolda House has "the finest art collection south of Washington."

Tennessee:
The Hunter Museum focuses on American art from the Colonial period to the present day. The museum is located in an historical mansion and a sleek contemporary building on the bluffs overlooking the Tennessee River.  The collection includes paintings, works on paper, sculpture, furniture and contemporary studio glass covering a diverse range of styles and periods.

The Memphis Brooks Museum of Art ~ founded in 1916, the is the oldest and largest fine arts museum in the state of Tennessee, housing one of the most outstanding collections of fine art dating from antiquity to the present. Strengths of the collection include Italian Renaissance and Baroque paintings and sculpture, principally gifts of the Kress Foundation; English portraits; European and American paintings, sculpture and decorative arts; and a significant collection of works on paper, including drawings, watercolors, prints and photographs. The Museum also hosts world-class traveling exhibitions and several long-term, continuing loans.

Texas:
The Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth ~ The holdings range in period from antiquity to the 20th century, including masterpieces by Duccio, Fra Angelico, Mantegna, Caravaggio, El Greco, La Tour, Rubens, Velázquez, Rembrandt, Houdon, Goya, David, Monet, Cézanne, Picasso, Matisse, and Mondrian.  The Museum is one of the few institutions in the Southwest with a substantial collection of Asian arts, and has also assembled small but select collections of Pre-Columbian and African art, as well as Classical, Egyptian, and Near Eastern Antiquities.

Dallas Museum of Art - Through exhibitions, additions to the collections, support of local and regional artists, and stimulating programs and events, the Dallas Museum of Art has enriched the cultural life of Dallas since 1903. In celebration of this milestone, the Museum will present a variety of exhibitions and programs that feature the extraordinary quality and comprehensive nature of the Museum’s collections and focus on the DMA’s vision of the future.

Austin Art Museum ~ For nearly four decades, the Austin Museum of Art has become an essential component of the artistic and social fabric of the city of Austin. As it moves into the new millennium, the Museum looks forward to constructing a world-class museum that will serve all the people of Austin and become a cultural and civic landmark for the city and state as a whole.

The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston ~ The collection of the MFAH numbers more than 45,000 works of art, encompassing works in all media from all over the world, from the Stone Age to the present day. The museum now ranks as the fifth largest in exhibition space in the United States, with a total of 300,000 square feet devoted to the display of art. There are many features including the ability to search the site for art works or artists and you can enjoy exciting presentations created especially for the web site.

San Antonio Art League Museum ~ Since 1912 the Art League Museum has acquired works by Texas artists. The collection has been accumulated by direct purchase, purchase prize awards, gifts, and bequests. It numbers approximately 400 items, and all media are included. In addition to paintings and water-colors, the collection comprises graphic art, photography, ceramics, sculpture, drawings, silverware, furniture, fabric and wall hangings. Although the focus of the collection is Texas art, fine works by non-Texas artists can also be found in the collection. Because of space constraints many of these works cannot be displayed in the museum. A virtual museum tour is provided so you might enjoy and find out more about the works in the SAALM Collection.

Sid Richardson Collection of Western Art, Fort Worth ~ Sid Richardson began collecting the works of Frederic Remington and Charles Russell with the help of Newhouse Galleries of New York City. Newhouse became Richardson's principal dealer and helped him acquire the majority of his paintings between 1942 and 1950. Oilmen like Richardson, Amon Carter, Thomas Gilcrease, Frank Phillips and R.W. Norton, themselves part of the western legend of freewheeling enterprise, established through their collections a link to the romantic legends of the Old West.  The Museum Links will provide access to more online Western Art resources.

Virginia:
The Chrysler Museum of Art - The New York Times described the Chrysler's permanent collection as "one any museum in the world would kill for." Comprising over 30,000 objects the collection spans over 5000 years of world history. American and European paintings and sculpture from the middle ages to the present day form the core of the collection. (In our impressionist gallery alone, visitors can admire works by Monet, Degas, Renoir, Gauguin, Rodin, and Cezanne). The Museum also houses one of the world's great collections of glass (including outstanding works by Louis Comfort Tiffany), distinguished holdings in the decorative arts, and a fine and growing collection of photography. The arts of the ancient world, Asia, Africa, and Pre-Colombian America are also well represented.

The Hermitage,  originally the home of the Sloane family, is hidden on the shore of the Lafayette River.  It appears frozen in time but is alive with activities, gardens, changing exhibitions and a permanent collection works of art treasures from around the world.

Washington (State):
Mayhill Museum of Art ~ This Chateau overlooks the Columbia River and contains a varied collection including; An internationally recognized collection of sculptures and watercolors by the great French master Auguste Rodin, including the only pedestal sized plaster version of the celebrated figure of The Thinker and a life sized plaster of Eve from the famed "Gates of Hell".   The Rodin Gallery was recently renovated and re-designed with all of the sculptures in the Museum's collection now on permanent display.  There are also collections in the following categories: Native American, Theatre de la Mode Theatre de la Mode Mannequins, American Classical Realism, Queen Marie, c. 1907 Queen Marie of Romania royal regalia, Mexico Chess Sets, European paintings, French paintings and Russian Icons.

Bellevue Art Museum brings people together to see, explore and make art. Its exhibitions and programs present contemporary visual art of the Pacific Northwest, the nation and the world. Designed by world-renowned architect Steven Holl, the three-story, 36,000 square foot structure combines elements of a traditional art museum with a school, art studio, and community center.

Tacoma Art Museum - Mission: Connecting people through art. Tacoma Art Museum serves the diverse communities of the Northwest through its collection, exhibitions and learning programs, emphasizing art and artists from the Northwest.  The Antoine Predock-designed building features flexible exhibition space in a series of galleries that wrap around an open-air interior stone garden. The galleries showcase Tacoma Art Museum’s permanent collection; American, European and Asian art; and traveling national and international exhibitions. The interior reflects the museum’s spirit, from the emphasis on education spaces that are designed to make art accessible to the framed views of Mt. Rainier.

Museum of Northwest Art, La Conner ~  MoNA is devoted to preserving and displaying the exceptional art of the region including works by Morris Graves, Mark Tobey, Kenneth Callahan, and Guy Anderson. The finest in Northwest Glass is exhibited in our Benaroya Glass Gallery.

Seattle:
The Frye Art Museum acquires, preserves, exhibits, and interprets visual art of the highest quality, celebrating the grand tradition and contemporary practice of representational art, with an emphasis on painting and sculpture from the nineteenth century to the present. Recognizing that art is not limited by geographical boundaries, the museum will include works by regional, national , and international artists in its collections and present them in exhibitions. As a visual arts institution, the museum is committed to stimulate, challenge, and educate the community in all that it does. In the belief that art should be accessible to all who wish to enjoy it, admission to the museum shall be free to the public at all times.

The collections of the Seattle Art Museum number approximately 23,000 objects, representing a wide range of art from ancient Egyptian relief's to contemporary American installations using photography and video. The collections are particularly strong in five areas: Asian, African, Northwest Coast Native American, modern art, and European painting and decorative arts. Their range and depth are unmatched in the region.

Washington DC:
National Gallery of Art, the collection ~ Take a tour of the works located in the gallery!  Check out the outdoor sculpture garden, select a thumbnail to view each work.

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ~ Conceived as the nation's museum of modern and contemporary art, the museum has as it's genesis a passion for collecting and for the art of our time. We continue to foster this abiding interest in the contemporary into the twenty-first century.

The National Gallery of Art was created in 1937 for the people of the United States of America by a joint resolution of Congress, accepting the gift of financier and art collector Andrew W. Mellon.  Funds for the construction of the West Building were provided by The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust.  The paintings and works of sculpture given by Andrew Mellon have formed a nucleus of high quality around which the collections have grown.

The National Portrait Gallery ~ The American nation has set aside a place to keep generations of remarkable Americans in the company of their fellow citizens: the National Portrait Gallery. It is the place where the arts tell the stories of lives lived across centuries of our experience as a society, a society that continually reinvents itself and continually tests its ideals. Through the visual arts, the performing arts, the literary arts, and the electronic arts, the National Portrait Gallery provides a stage for George Washington and Martin Luther King, for Marilyn Monroe and Babe Ruth, among thousands of others, to share with us who they were and what they mean to us.

Smithsonian, National Museum of African Art  ~ As a leading center for the visual arts of Africa, the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) fosters and sustains--through exhibitions, collections, research, and public programs--an interest in and an understanding of the diverse cultures in Africa as these are embodied in aesthetic achievements in the visual arts. The museum accepts into its collections and exhibits the art of all African areas, including the ancient and contemporary arts for the entire continent.

Smithsonian Museum of American Art ~ The Smithsonian American Art Museum is the home of the largest collection of American art in the world. Its holdings—over 37,500 works—represent the most inclusive collection of American art of any general museum today, reflecting the nation's ethnic, geographic, cultural, and religious diversity.  The nation's first federal art collection, it predates the 1846 founding of the Smithsonian Institution.  Today, the Smithsonian American Art Museum stands as witness to a commitment to the diversity of American art and to the understanding, enjoyment, and preservation of America's great visual achievements.  You can search the site to enjoy the collection or to perform alternate research visit the Smithsonian Archive of American Art, American Art or SIRIS (Smithsonian Institutions Research Information System).

NMWA - The National Museum of Women's Art ~ has a longstanding commitment to providing patrons an extensive art collection, the permanent collection comprised of more than 3,000 works provides a comprehensive survey of art by women from the 16th century to the present, with in-depth educational materials relating to the arts and the ways women can and do play an important role within them.

The Phillips Collection, America's first museum of modern art, opened in 1921 in the home of Duncan Phillips (1886-1966). Renoir's great masterpiece Luncheon of the Boating Party hangs here, along with other outstanding Impressionist paintings by van Gogh, Monet, Degas and Cézanne.  The Phillips Collection continues to offer Washington residents and visitors an inviting place to enjoy and understand art. The Phillips Collection offers an active schedule of temporary exhibitions, lectures, concerts, gallery talks, classes, parent/child workshops, teacher training programs, film series, receptions, and other activities.

The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, The national museum of Asian art for the United States~ The Freer Gallery -The gallery was founded by Charles Lang Freer (1854–1919).  The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery - The gallery opened in 1987 to house a gift of some 1,000 works of Asian art from Dr. Arthur M. Sackler (1913–1987). The gallery houses a world-renowned collection of art from China, Japan, Korea, South and Southeast Asia, and the Near East. Visitor favorites include Chinese paintings, Japanese folding screens, Korean ceramics, Indian and Persian manuscripts, and Buddhist sculpture.

The Corcoran Gallery of Art ~ the oldest art museum in the nation's capital and its only college of art and design, the Corcoran has a tradition of artistic excellence that dates back over 130 years. Today, the Corcoran builds on this legacy, showcasing the best in contemporary and historic art and offering the area's most comprehensive programs in fine arts education.  1869 William W. Corcoran founded the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the first Art Gallery in Washington, D.C. He donated his personal art collection to the museum and formed a Board of Trustees.

Hillwood Museum ~ Opened to the public in 1977 as a public museum, Hillwood features the most comprehensive collection of 18th- and 19th-century Russian imperial art outside of Russia, as well as one of the world's most important collections of 18th-century French decorative arts. These have been beautifully displayed in a grand setting as they were used by Hillwood's founder, Marjorie Merriweather Post, heir of the Post cereal empire and one of America's first businesswomen. Encircled by woodlands in the heart of Washington, D.C., the twenty-five acre estate boasts pleasure gardens and important azalea and orchid collections.

The Kreeger Museum ~ The collection represents a shared vision, in that the Kreegers had to agree on each piece they purchased. While at first glance the collection may seem eclectic, the astute viewer will note that the unifying elements of the works are color and texture. There is also a musical quality to many of the pieces. Some are beautifully harmonious, like a Chopin Nocturne. Others seem to dance with rhythm, moving to their own secret Jazz improvisation. The building itself has a symphonic cadence that enhances the collection without overpowering it.

Wisconsin:
Madison Art Center ~ The permanent collection is an integral part of the Madison Art Center's mission to preserve and interpret visual art for the education and enjoyment of the public. Ever evolving, this cultural resource now numbers more than 4500. A museum of contemporary and modern art, the Madison Art Center focuses on the diverse field of American art and collects work from accomplished artists throughout the United States. The Art Center purchases objects as well as benefits from art gifted from generous patrons. By acquiring works of art from exhibitions organized by the Art Center, the museum supports local, regional, and national artists and documents their presentations in Madison. The Art Center is an important regional archive for art of the Midwest, holding a large number of paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs by artists from Wisconsin and Illinois in particular. Selected video and small-scale sculpture are burgeoning areas of the collection.  The historical foundation of the Art Center's collection consists of works by the Regionalists, Urban Realists, and Mexican Modernists. Works of art on paper, including large-scale prints and prints made through unusual processes, represent the cornerstone of the collection.

Milwaukee Art Museum ~ Dating back to 1888 the Museum's far reaching collection contains nearly 20,000 pieces from antiquity to the present.  The permanent collections include works from the Old Masters to the 19th and 20th centuries, the American art after the 1960's is amongst the best in the nation.

Canada:
The Montreal Museum of Fine Arts ~ Over the past 140 years, the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts