Museums & Galleries
Are you thinking about earning a degree in Art, Studio Art or Art History?
Consider visiting a museum in person or online. Doing so can boost ones mood, teach interesting information about the world, give a sense of community, and inspire change. Museums are a great way to get to spend time with family and friends, as well as bring together potential employers and partners. And, best of all, some museums are FREE on certain days of the month.
Here is a list of museums to get you started. Research local and international regions for other wonderful museums. Please note that all of these links take you to external websites.
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LACMA | Los Angeles County Museum of Art
LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). Largest art museum in the West inspires creativity and dialogue. Connect with cultures from ancient times to the present. Visit LACMA.
MOCA | The Museum of Contemporary Art
The Violence of a Civilization Without Secrets, Adam Khalil, Zack Khalil, Jackson Polys. Visit MOCA.
The Getty Center and The Getty Villa
The Getty is one of the world’s largest arts organizations. Visit us at our two locations in Los Angeles. Visit Getty.
Hammer Museum
An art museum and cultural center in Los Angeles known for its artist-centric and progressive array of exhibitions and public programs. Affiliated with UCLA (University of California, Los Angeles). Visit the Hammer Museum.
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. See Warhol after dark! SFMOMA is open until 9 p.m. Thursdays and Saturdays. Visit the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
MoMA
At The Museum of Modern Art and MoMA PS1, we celebrate creativity, openness, tolerance, and generosity. We aim to be inclusive places—both onsite and online—where diverse cultural, artistic, social, and political positions are welcome. Visit MoMA.
The Bower
Founded in 1936 by the City of Santa Ana through a bequest from Charles and Ada Bowers. The Bowers Museum enriches lives through the world’s finest arts and cultures. Visit The Bower.
SDMA | San Diego Museum of Art
The San Diego Museum of Art’s mission is to inspire, educate, and cultivate curiosity through great works of art. Visit SDMA.
The Guggenheim
Visit the Frank Lloyd Wright-designed Guggenheim Museum in NYC. See the renowned permanent collection, special exhibitions. Visit The Guggenheim.
The MET | Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art is one of the world’s largest and finest art museums. Its collection includes more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from every part of the globe. Visit The MET.
Auckland Art Gallery
Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki is the largest art institution in New Zealand, with a collection numbering over 15,000 works. These include major holdings of New Zealand historic, modern and contemporary art, and outstanding works by Māori and Pacific Island artists, as well as European painting, sculpture and print collections ranging in date from 1376 to the present day. Visit the Auckland Art Gallery.
Guggenheim Musseum | Bilbao
The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao is a museum of modern and contemporary art, designed by Canadian-American architect Frank Gehry, and located in Bilbao, Basque Country, Spain.The museum was inaugurated on October 18, 1997, by the past King Juan Carlos I of Spain. Visit The Guggenheim Museum Bilbao.
UFFIZI
Enjoy your visit with our Guided Tour of Uffizi Gallery, Admire some of the most renowned works by Cimabue, Giotto, Masaccio, Botticelli, Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo, Raphael and many others with the help of a professional Guide. Visit UFFIZI.
The Vatican | Vatican Museums
Art, aside from being a credible witness to the beauty of creation, is also a tool of evangelisation. In the Church it exists above all to evangelise: through art – music, architecture, sculpture, painting – the Church explains and interprets the revelation. Visit The Vatican Museums.