Thursday, August 18, 2011

Florida Art Museums


Art is alive and well in Florida and Florida art museums are a major reason why. No longer the stuffy mausoleums of the past, they are an interactive awakening of the senses. From the days our earliest ancestors began telling their story on canvas of stone, art has been used to express the human experience and that venture continues in Florida art museums today. Florida's art museums are an interactive playground for both young and old breaking the chains that bind the imagination providing a window into the mind and spirit. Art is also a means of communication and Florida art museums provide that connection with both the creative minds of the past as well as the child just learning to draw. As the recent PBS special featuring the gifted young opera sensation, Jackie Evancho proves, no place brings art in all its many forms together more beautifully than a museum and whether as grand and awe inspiring as the Ringling Museum in Sarasota, or just a humble neighborhood affair housing a few kindergarten masterpieces, its being in a place designed to turn us inside out allowing us to see the world in a way we never have before that makes them unique. That's what art has always done and is what Florida art museums are all about.

A List of Art Museums in Florida

Avon Park, FL
South Florida Community College Museum of Florida Art & Culture
600 West College Drive
Avon Park, FL 33825
863-784-7240 or 863-453-6661

Boca Raton, FL
Boca Raton Museum of Art
501 Plaza Real
Boca Raton, FL 33432
In Mizner Park
561-392-2500

Coral Gables, FL
Lowe Art Museum
1301 Stanford Drive
Coral Gables, FL 33124-6310
305-284-3535

Crestview, FL
Carver-Hill Museum
895 Mcclelland St,
Crestview, FL 32536-4715
850-682-4003

Davie, FL
Young at Art Children's Museum
11584 West State Road 84
Davie, FL 33325
954-424-0085

Daytona Beach, FL
Museum of Arts and Sciences
352 S. Nova Road
Daytona Beach, FL 32114
386-255-0285

DeLand, FL
Museum of Florida Art
600 North Woodland Boulevard
DeLand, FL 32720
386-734-4371

Fort Lauderdale, FL
Museum of Art - Fort Lauderdale
1 East Las Olas Boulevard
Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301-1807
954-525-5500

Fort Pierce, FL
A. E. Backus Museum & Gallery
500 North Indian River Drive
Fort Pierce, FL 34950
Director: Kathleen P. Fredrick 772-465-0630

Gainesville, FL
Harn Museum of Art
University of Florida
SW 34th Street and Hull Road
Gainesville, FL 32611-2700
352-392-9826

Jacksonville, FL
The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens
829 Riverside Avenue
Jacksonville, FL 32204
904-356-6857

Jacksonville, FL
Museum of Contemorary Art (MOCA)
333 North Laura Street
Jacksonville, FL, 32202 USA
904-366-6911

Jupiter, FL
Hibel Museum of Art
5353 Parkside Drive
Abacoa Jupiter, FL 33458
561-622-5560

Key West, FL
Key West Museum of Art & History at the Custom House
281 Front Street
Key West, Florida 33040
305-295-6616 Ext. 102

Lakeland, FL
Polk Museum of Art
800 East Palmetto Street
Lakeland, FL 33801
Main number: 863-688-7743
classes & tours: 863-688-5423

Largo, FL
Gulf Coast Museum of Art
12211 Walsingham Road
Largo, FL
727-518-6833

Melbourne, FL
The Foosaner Art Museum
1463 Highland Avenue
Melbourne, FL 32935 |
321-242-0737

Miami, FL
Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami
Joan Lehman Building
770 NE 125th Street
North Miami, FL 33161
305-893-6211

Miami, FL
Miami Art Museum
101 West Flagler Street
Miami, FL 33130 (in the Miami-Dade Cultural Center)
305-375-3000

Miami, FL
Rubell Family Collection
95 NW 29th Street
Miami, FL 33127
305-573-6090

Miami, FL
The Margulies Collection at the WAREhOUSE
591 NW 27th Street
Miami, FL 33127
305-576-1051

Miami, FL
The Patricia & Phillip Frost Art Museum
Florida International University, University Park
10975 SW 17th Street
Miami, FL 33199
305-348-2890

Miami Beach, FL
The Wolfsonian
1001 Washington Avenue
Miami Beach, FL 33139
At the corner of 10th Street and Washington Avenue
305-531-1001

Miami Beach, FL
Bass Museum of Art
2100 Collins Ave.
Miami Beach, FL 33139
305-673-7530

Naples, FL
Naples Museum of Art
On Campus at the
Philharmonic Center for the Arts
5833 Pelican Bay Boulevard,
Naples, FL 34108-2740
Customer Service: 239-597-1900
Toll Free: 800-597-1900
Administration: 239-597-1111

Ocala, FL
Appleton Museum of Art
4333 E Silver Springs Boulevard
Ocala, FL 34470-5001
352-291-4455

Orlando, FL
Orlando Museum of Art (OMA)
2416 North Mills Avenue
Orlando, FL 32803-1483
407-896-4231

Panama City, FL
Visual Arts Center of Northwest Florida
19 E.4th Street
Panama City, FL 32401-3106
850-769-4451

Pensacola, FL
Pensacola Museum of Art
407 South Jefferson Street
Pensacola, FL 32502
Phone: 850-432-6247

Sarasota, FL
The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
5401 Bay Shore Road
Sarasota, FL 34243
941-359-5700

Sebring, FL
Highlands Museum of the Arts
Alan Altvater Cultural Center
351 West Center Ave.
Sebring, FL 33870
863-385-6682

St. Petersburg, FL
Museum of Fine Arts
255 Beach Dr. N.E.
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-896-2667

St. Petersburg, FL
The Dali Museum
One Dali Blvd
St. Petersburg, FL 33701
727-823-3767

Tallahassee, FL
The Mary Brogan Museum of Art and Science
350 South Duval Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
850-513-0700

Tallahassee, FL
LeMoyne Center for the Visual Arts
125 North Gadsden Street
Tallahassee, FL 32301
General: 850-222-8800
Art Education: 850-222-7622

Tallahassee, FL
Museum of Fine Arts (MOFA)
Florida State University
530 W Call Street
250 Fine Arts Building
Tallahassee, FL 32306-1140

Tampa, FL
Tampa Museum of Art
120 W. Gasparilla Plaza
Tampa, FL 33602
813-274-8130

Tampa, FL
Florida Museum of Photographic Arts (FMoPA)
200 N Tampa St # 130
Tampa, FL 33602-5161
813-221-2222

Tampa, FL
University of South Florida (USF)
Contemporary Art Museum

3821 Holly Drive
Tampa, FL 33620-7360 USA
813-974-4133

Tequesta, FL
Lighthouse Art Center (Museum)
373 Tequesta Drive
Tequesta, FL 33469
561-746-3101

Vero Beach, FL
Vero Beach Museum of Art
3001 Riverside Park Drive
Vero Beach, FL 32963
772-231-0938

West Palm Beach, FL
Norton Museum of Art
1451 S. Olive Avenue
West Palm Beach, FL 33401
561-832-5196

Winter Park, FL
Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens
633 Osceola Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789
407-647-6294

Winter Park, FL
The Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art
445 North Park Avenue
Winter Park, FL 32789
407-645-5311

Winter Park, FL
Cornell Fine Arts Museum
Rollins College
1000 Holt Ave.
Winter Park, FL 32789
407-646-2000


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