Cool Places To Visit

On this page you will find a list of museums that you can visit in person, or on line.
I have provided a brief description of the museums from their web site.
I have also provided location and hours information for "local" museums.
You may also visit museums online.
Copy the web address into your browser address bar to go look at the web sites.
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Susquehanna Art Museum
The Susquehanna Art Museum exhibits, interprets, and preserves art to educate, inspire and enrich the people in the Capitol Region.

Location
301 Market Street
Harrisburg, Pa. 17101
(717) 233-8668
info@sqart.org

http://www.sqart.org/

 

The Barnes Foundation
The Barnes Foundation was established in 1922 by Dr. Albert C. Barnes, to promote the advancement of education and the appreciation of the fine arts.

Location
300 North Latch's Lane
Merion, PA 19066
Main Number: 610-667-0290

e-mail: Info@barnesfoundation.org
http://www.barnesfoundation.org/

 

The Baltimore Museum of Art

Location
10 Art Museum Drive
Baltimore, MD 21218-3898
General Information
(410) 396-7100

Hours
Wednesday - Friday, 11 a.m - 5 p.m.
Saturday - Sunday, 11 a.m - 6 p.m.
Free First Thursday of each month, 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Join us for live music, performances, tours, and talks on Free First Thursday evenings from 5 - 8 p.m.
The BMA is closed Monday, Tuesday, New Year's Day, July 4, Thanksgiving, Christmas.

http://www.artbma.org/home.html

 

The Museum of Modern Art
Founded in 1929 as an educational institution, The Museum of Modern Art is dedicated to being the foremost museum of modern art in the world.

Location
MoMA QNS
33 Street at Queens Blvd.
Long Island City, Queens NY
(212) 708-9400
info@moma.org

P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center
22-25 Jackson Ave at the intersection of
46th Ave
Long Island City NY, 11101
(718) 784-2084
mail@ps1.org

http://www.moma.org

 

The National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art houses one of the finest collections in the world illustrating major achievements in painting, sculpture, and graphic arts from the Middle Ages to the present.

Location and Hours
The National Gallery of Art and its Sculpture Garden, located on the National Mall between Third and Ninth Streets at Constitution Avenue, NW, are open Monday through Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. The Gallery is closed on December 25 and January 1.
(202) 737-4215

http://www.nga.gov/
http://www.nga.gov/kids/kids.htm

 

Philadelphia Museum of Art

Location
Benjamin Franklin Parkway and 26th Street | Philadelphia, PA 19130
Main Museum Number: (215) 763-8100 | TTY: (215) 684-7600

Museum Hours:
Tuesday through Sunday, 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Wednesday and Friday evenings until 8:45 p.m.
Closed Mondays and legal holidays.

http://www.philamuseum.org/

 

The State Hermitage Museum

The State Hermitage occupies six magnificent buildings situated along the embankment of the River Neva, right in the heart of St Petersburg, Russia. The leading role in this unique architectural ensemble is played by the Winter Palace, the residence of the Russian tsars that was built to the design of Francesco Bartolomeo Rastrelli in 1754-62. This ensemble, formed in the 18th and 19th centuries, is extended by the eastern wing of the General Staff building, the Menshikov Palace and the recently constructed Repository.

Put together throughout two centuries and a half, the Hermitage collections of works of art (over 3,000,000 items) present the development of the world culture and art from the Stone Age to the 20th century. Today the Museum is creating its digital self-portrait to be displayed around the world. Computer technologies enable the State Hermitage Museum to provide people from all over the world with wider access to information about the Museum and its treasures.

 

http://www.hermitagemuseum.org/html_En/index.html

 

The Louvre

The Palace
A medieval fortress, the palace of the kings of France, and a museum for the last two centuries, the architecture of the Louvre Palace bears witness to more than 800 years of history.

Two Centuries as a Museum
Established in 1793 by the French Republic, the Louvre Museum, in the company of the Ashmolean Museum (1683), the Dresden Museum (1744) and the Vatican Museum (1784) is one of the earliest European museums.

The Collections
Divided into 7 departments, the Louvre collections incorporate works dating from the birth of the great antique civilisations right up to the first half of the XIXth century, thereby confirming its encyclopedic vocation.

http://www.louvre.fr/louvrea.htm

 

 The 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.

Location
The Getty Center
1200 Getty Center Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049
(310) 440-7300

http://www.getty.edu