List of art museums in the United States
The list includes art museums in the United States . It is based on data from the American Association of Museums . The museums are listed by state , with the AAM also taking Puerto Rico into account.
Art museums by state
Alaska
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Anchorage Museum of History and Art | Anchorage | 1968 | The museum's collection includes over 20,000 objects. Her focus is on Native American art and the art of Alaskan artists. |
Alabama
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Birmingham Museum of Art | Birmingham | 1951 | The museum's collection includes 17,000 objects. The collection of Vietnamese ceramic objects and the Vetlesen Jade Collection are among the most important in Germany. The painting Looking down Yosemite Valley, California by Albert Bierstadt was organized by the Foundation National Endowment for the Humanities named one of the 40 paintings that represent people, places and events in American history best. |
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Huntsville Museum of Art | Huntsville | 1970 | The museum's collection includes 2,300 works, mostly by American and local artists. |
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Mobile Museum of Art | mobile | 1963 | |
Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts | Montgomery | 1930 | The focus of the museum's collection is on American art and Old Master prints . The museum also has a comprehensive collection of glass and porcelain. |
Arkansas
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Arkansas Arts Center | Little rock | 1960 |
Arizona
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Phoenix Art Museum | Phoenix | 1959 | ||
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art | Scottsdale | 1999 | The museum is the only one in Arizona devoted entirely to contemporary art, design, and architecture. | |
University of Arizona Museum of Art | Tucson | The museum's collection includes around 5000 objects. Much of the collection consists of paintings from Europe from the Renaissance to the modern age. | ||
Tucson Museum of Art and Historic Block | Tucson | 1924 | The museum's collection includes over 7,000 works. The focus is on American art. The Historik Block consists of five buildings from the second half of the 19th century, which are grouped around the museum building. |
Colorado
- Aspen Art Museum in Aspen
- Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center in Colorado Springs
- Denver Art Museum in Denver
- Sangre de Cristo Arts in Pueblo
Connecticut
- Hill-Stead Museum in Farmington
- Bruce Museum of Arts and Science in Greenwich
- Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford
- New Britain Museum of American Art in New Britain
- Yale University Art Gallery in New Haven
- Lyman Allyn Art Museum in New London
District of Columbia
- Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
- Freer Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
- Hillwood Museum, Estate & Gardens in Washington, DC
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, DC
- Kreeger Museum in Washington, DC
- National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC
- National Museum of African Art in Washington, DC
- National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC
- Phillips Collection in Washington, DC
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery in Washington, DC
- Smithsonian American Art Museum & Renwick Gallery in Washington, DC
Delaware
Florida
- Bass Museum of Art in Miami Beach
- Boca Raton Museum of Art in Boca Raton
- Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts in Tallahassee
- Frost Art Museum in Miami
- Gulf Coast Museum of Art in Largo
- John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art in Sarasota
- Lowe Art Museum in Coral Gables
- Miami Art Museum in Miami
- Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale in Fort Lauderdale
- Museum of Contemporary Art (North Miami) in North Miami ,
- Museum of Fine Arts in Saint Petersburg
- Dalí Museum in Saint Petersburg
- Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach
- Orlando Museum of Art in Orlando
- Pensacola Museum of Art in Pensacola
- Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland
- Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art in Gainesville
- Tampa Museum of Art in Tampa
- Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens in Jacksonville
- George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts Museum in Winter Park
- Museum of Arts & Sciences in Daytona Beach
- Society of the Four Arts in Palm Beach
- University of South Florida Contemporary Art Museum in Tampa
- Vero Beach Museum of Art in Vero Beach
Georgia
- Albany Museum of Art in Albany
- Georgia Museum of Art in Athens
- High Museum of Art in Atlanta
- Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah
- Museum of Arts & Sciences in Macon
Hawai
Iowa
- Blanden Memorial Art Museum at Fort Dodge
- Cedar Rapids Museum of Art in Cedar Rapids
- Charles H. MacNider Museum in Mason City
- Dubuque Museum of Art in Dubuque
- Family Museum of Arts and Science in Bettendorf
- Figge Art Museum in Davenport
- Muscatine Art Center in Muscatine
- Sioux City Art Center in Sioux City
- University Museums Iowa State University at Ames
- University of Iowa Museum of Art in Iowa City
Idaho
- Boise Art Museum in Boise
- Art Museum of Eastern Idaho in Idaho Falls
- Sun Valley Center for the Arts in Ketchum
- Herrett Center for Arts and Science College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls
Illinois
- David & Alfred Smart Museum of Art in Chicago
- Krannert Art Museum in Champaign
- Lakeview Museum of Arts and Sciences in Peoria
- Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago
- National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago
- Tarble Arts Center in Charleston
- Art Institute of Chicago in Chicago
Indiana
- Art Museum of Greater Lafayette in Lafayette
- Ball State University Museum of Art College of Fine Art in Muncie
- Eiteljorg Museum of American Indians and Western Art in Indianapolis
- Evansville Museum of Arts and Science in Evansville
- Fort Wayne Museum of Art in Fort Wayne
- Indiana University Art Museum in Bloomington
- Indianapolis Museum of Art in Indianapolis
- South Bend Regional Museum of Art in South Bend
- Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute
- Snite Museum of Art in Notre Dame
California
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Asian Art Museum | San Francisco | 1966 | The museum's collection comprises over 17,000 objects and is one of the most important of its kind in the world. It was donated by Avery Brundage . | |
Bakersfield Museum of Art | Bakersfield | 1956 |
- Berkeley Art Museum in Berkeley
- Fresno Art Museum in Fresno
- Fresno Metropolitan Museum in Fresno
- Long Beach Museum of Art in Long Beach
- University Art Museum California State University in Long Beach
- Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center in Los Angeles
- J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles and Malibu
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art in Los Angeles
- Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles in Los Angeles
- Monterey Museum of Art in Monterey
- Hearst Art Gallery in Moraga
- Palm Springs Art Museum in Palm Springs
- Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena
- Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento
- Robert V. Fullerton Art Museum in San Bernardino
- Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego in San Diego
- Museum of Photographic Arts in San Diego
- San Diego Museum of Art in San Diego
- Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco in San Francisco
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco
- San Jose Museum of Art in San Jose
- Huntington Library in San Marino
- Bowers Museum of Cultural Art in Santa Ana
- Santa Barbara Museum of Art in Santa Barbara
- University Art Museum University of California at Santa Barbara
Kansas
- Marianna Kistler Beach Museum of Art in Manhattan
- Mulvane Art Museum in Topeka
- Salina Art Center in Salina
- Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art in Lawrence
- Ulrich Museum of Art in Wichita
- Wichita Art Museum in Wichita
Kentucky
Louisiana
- Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria
- Louisiana Art and Science Museum in Baton Rouge
- Meadows Museum of Art in Shreveport
- New Orleans Museum of Art in New Orleans
Massachusetts
- Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg
- Fogg Art Museum in Cambridge
- Busch-Reisinger Museum in Cambridge
- Arthur M. Sackler Museum in Cambridge
- Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston
- Mead Art Museum in Amherst
- MIT List Visual Arts Center in Cambridge
- Museum of Fine Arts in Boston
- Smith College Museum of Art in Northampton
- Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown
- Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston
- Williams College Museum of Art in Williamstown
- Worcester Art Museum in Worcester
- Peabody Essex Museum in Salem, Massachusetts
Maryland
- Academy Art Museum in Easton
- Baltimore Museum of Art in Baltimore
- Contemporary Museum in Baltimore
- Walters Art Museum in Baltimore
- Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown
- Glenstone , in Potomac, Maryland
Maine
- Bowdoin College Museum of Art in Brunswick
- Colby College Museum of Art in Waterville
- Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland
- Portland Museum of Art in Portland
Michigan
- Alden B. Dow Museum of Science & Art in Midland
- Art Center of Battle Creek in Battle Creek
- Cranbrook Art Museum in Bloomfield Hills
- Flint Institute of Arts in Flint
- Grand Rapids Art Museum in Grand Rapids
- Krasl Art Center in Saint Joseph
- Kresge Art Museum in East Lansing
- Muskegon Museum of Art in Muskegon
- Saginaw Art Museum in Saginaw
- Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit
- University of Michigan Museum of Art at Ann Arbor
Minnesota
- Minneapolis Institute of Arts in Minneapolis
- Minnesota Marine Art Museum in Winona
- Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
Missouri
- Albrecht-Kemper Museum of Art in Saint Joseph
- Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum in St. Louis
- Museum of Art and Archeology in Columbia
- Saint Louis Art Museum in St. Louis
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art in Kansas City
Mississippi
Montana
North Carolina
- Ackland Art Museum in Chapell Hill
- Asheville Art Museum in Asheville
- Gaston County Museum of Art and History in Dallas
- Greenville Museum of Art in Greenville
- Hickory Museum of Art in Hickory
- Nasher Museum of Art in Durham
- North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh
- Reynolda House Museum of American Art in Winston-Salem
- Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem
- Mint Museum in Charlotte
- Waterworks Visual Arts Center in Salisbury
- Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro
North Dakota
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
- Montclair Art Museum in Montclair
- Princeton University Art Museum in Princeton
- Visual Arts Center of New Jersey at Summit
New Mexico
new York
- Albany Institute of History and Art in Albany
- Albright-Knox Art Gallery in Buffalo
- Burchfield-Penney Art Center in Buffalo
- Fenimore Art Museum in Cooperstown
- Rockwell Museum of Western Art in Corning
- Arnot Art Museum in Elmira
- Picker Art Gallery in Hamilton
- Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington
- Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art in Ithaca
- Katonah Museum of Art in Kathona
- Brooklyn Museum in New York City
- Dahesh Museum of Art in New York City
- Frick Collection in New York City
- Gray Art Gallery in New York City
- Hispanic Society of America in New York City
- Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City
- Museum of Arts and Design in New York City
- Museum of Modern Art in New York City
- New gallery in New York City
- Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City
- Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City
- Frederic Remington Art Museum in Ogdensburg
- Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center in Poughkeepsie
- Neuberger Museum of Art in Purchase
- Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester
- Parrish Art Museum in Water Mill, New York , Long Island , New York
- Long Island Museum of American Art, History and Carriages in Stony Brook
- Everson Museum of Art in Syracuse
- Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute Museum of Art in Utica
Ohio
- Akron Art Museum in Akron
- Allen Memorial Art Museum in Oberlin
- Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown
- Canton Museum of Art in Canton
- Cincinnati Art Museum in Cincinnati
- Columbus Museum of Art in Columbus
- Miami University Art Museum in Oxford
- Springfield Museum of Art in Springfield
- Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland
- Dayton Art Institute in Dayton
- Taft Museum of Art in Cincinnati
- Toledo Museum of Art in Toledo
Oklahoma
- Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art in Norman
- Oklahoma City Museum of Art in Oklahoma City
- Philbrook Museum of Art in Tulsa
Oregon
Pennsylvania
- Allentown Art Museum in Allentown
- Kemerer Museum of Decorative Arts Historic Bethlehem Partnership in Bethlehem
- Philip and Muriel Berman Museum of Art in Collegeville
- James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown
- Westmoreland Museum of American Art in Greensburg
- Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art in Loretto
- Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia
- Museum of the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts in Philadelphia
- Philadelphia Museum of Art in Philadelphia
- Rosenbach Museum & Library in Philadelphia
- Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia
- Carnegie Museum of Art in Pittsburgh
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South carolina
- Columbia Museum of Art in Columbia
- Gibbes Museum of Art in Charlestown
- Greenville County Museum of Art in Greenville
South Dakota
Tennessee
- Cheekwood Museum of Art in Nashville
- Frist Center for the Visual Arts in Nashville
- Hunter Museum of American Art in Chattanooga
- Knoxville Museum of Art in Knoxville
- Memphis Brooks Museum of Art in Memphis
Texas
- Amarillo Museum of Art in Amarillo
- Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth
- Blanton Museum of Art in Austin
- Chinati Foundation in Marfa
- Contemporary Arts Museum Houston in Houston
- Dallas Museum of Art in Dallas
- El Paso Museum of Art in El Paso
- Ellen Noel Art Museum of the Permian Basin in Odessa
- International Museum of Art & Science in McAllen
- Kimbell Art Museum in Fort Worth
- McNay Art Museum in San Antonio
- Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in Fort Worth
- San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts in San Angelo
- San Antonio Museum of Art in San Antonio
- Art Center of Waco in Waco
- Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in Houston
- Old Jail Art Center in Albany
- Tyler Museum of Art in Tyler
Utah
Virginia
- Art Museum of Western Virginia in Roanoke
- Chrysler Museum of Art in Norfolk
- Muscarelle Museum of Art in Williamsburg
- Peninsula Fine Arts Center at Newport News
- Piedmont Arts Association in Martinsville
- University of Virginia Art Museum in Charlottesville
- Virginia Museum of Fine Arts in Richmond
- William King Regional Arts Center in Abingdon
Vermont
Washington
- Frye Art Museum in Seattle
- Henry Art Gallery in Seattle
- Maryhill Museum of Art in Goldendale
- Seattle Art Museum in Seattle
- Tacoma Art Museum in Tacoma
- Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture in Spokane
- Whatcom Museum of History and Art in Bellingham
Wisconsin
- Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts in Racine
- Chazen Museum of Art in Madison
- Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum in Wausau
- Madison Museum of Contemporary Art in Madison
- Milwaukee Art Museum in Milwaukee
- Paine Art Center in Oshkosh
- Rahr-West Art Museum in Manitowoc
West Virginia
- Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia in Charleston
- Huntington Museum of Art in Huntington