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Asheville, N.C.
Asheville Art Museum
As the single visual arts facility serving Western North Carolina, the Asheville Art Museum, its collection and programs are the only such resources available to the diverse communities in the region.The Biltmore House & Gardens
More than a century ago, George Vanderbilt created a country retreat in North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains. Marvel at the grandeur of America’s largest home filled with Vanderbilt’s collection of fine art and antiques. Stroll through gardens created by America’s father of landscape architecture, Frederick Law Olmsted. Enjoy estate-raised foods, and savor award-winning vintages at Biltmore’s winery.
Atlanta, Ga.
The High Museum
The High's permanent collection is noted for significant holdings of 19th and 20th century American art, a critically acclaimed collection of decorative arts, and a burgeoning collection of American folk art.
Chapel Hill, N.C.
Ackland Museum
The Ackland exhibits from a permanent collection of more than 14,000 works of art from around the world. The Ackland's holdings are particularly rich in Old Master paintings and sculptures by artists such as Degas, Rubens and Pissarro; Indian miniatures; Japanese paintings; North Carolina folk art; and prints, drawings and photographs.
Charlotte, N.C.
The Mint Museum
Built in 1836, the Mint was originally the first branch of the United States Mint. The Mint Museum of Art has diverse permanent collections and changing exhibitions of regional, national and international artists and cultures.
Charleston, S.C.
Gibbes Museum of Art
An outstanding collection of more than 7,000 American paintings, prints and drawings from the 18th century to the present.
Columbia, SC
The Columbia Museum of Art
The Columbia Museum of Art showcases traveling exhibitions as well as work from its permanent collection. Access the museum's website to see a schedule of events and current exhbitions.
Greenville, SC
The Greenville County Museum of Art
The Museum's outstanding Southern Collection traces the history of American art from the colonial period to the present and is the most comprehensive collection of Southern art anywhere. It also has a collection 24 watercolors by Andrew Wyeth which Wyeth himself has said is "the very best collection of my watercolors in any public museum in this country."The Sacred Art Museum of Bob Jones University
This collection has been called "the finest collection of religious art in America." The collection features German, Italian, French, and Spanish artists from the 13th through the 19th centuries. Among the gallery's 27 rooms, you will find over 400 paintings by world renowned artists such as Rembrandt, Rubens, and Van Dyck.
Hickory, NC
The Hickory Museum of Art
Since 1944, visitors have come to the Hickory Museum of Art to learn, create discover and experience American art of the highest quality. Today, the Permanent Collection includes more than 1,200 works, ranging from 19th-century landscapes to outstanding examples of American Art, Pottery, Contemporary art glass and regional folk art and face jugs.
Macon, GA
The Museum of Arts and Sciences
Because it has a broad mission and desires to serve numerous constituencies within the Arts and Sciences, the Museum presents an extensive schedule of changing exhibits, most of which it organizes itself from its own collection, those borrowed from other museums or private collectors. The new Discovery House features three floors of interactive exhibits exploring art, science and humanities.
Pickens, SC
The Pickens County Museum of Art & History
Housed in the old Pickens County "Gaol" (Jail), this wonderful example of turn of the century gothic architecture is constructed of hand-rolled bricks and is quite distinctive to the eye by its crenellated turret and copper-colored tin roof. Exhibitions of regional artists are interspersed with varied competitions, thematic exhibits, historical perspective shows, and the museum's annual "Youth Arts Month" programming.
Raleigh, NC
North Carolina Museum of Art
The paintings and sculpture in the state's art collection represent more than 5,000 years of artistic heritage, from ancient Egypt to the present. The collection of Renaissance and Baroque paintings, with works by Van Dyck, Jan Brueghel and Raphael, is internationally recognized. Significant American paintings include works by John Singleton Copley, Winslow Homer, and Georgia O'Keeffe. Also represented are collections of African, Oceanic, New World art, Egyptian, Greek and Roman art, 20th-century art, and Jewish ceremonial art.
near Rock Hill, SC
The Museum of York County
The Museum features interdisciplinary programs and exhibitions based on art, anthropology, history, and natural history collections. Permanent exhibitions include the Stans African Halls, one of the nation's most comprehensive exhibitions of African animals in natural habitat dioramas, complemented by African cultural artifacts. The Museum is also the site of the Settlemyre Planetarium, and a nature trail.
Spartanburg, SC
The Spartanburg County Museum of Art
A regional museum supporting the arts by: supporting educational programming (Art School | COLORS | Summer Arts Camp | Docent Program); sponsoring diverse exhibitions (Exhibition Series | Sidewalk Art Show | Gift Shop); acquiring, displaying and conserving a permanent collection; and providing appropriate places for achieving its mission.
Winston-Salem, NC
The Reynolda House
"The finest concentration of American art in a public collection south of Washington ..."
John Wilmerding, art historian
Princeton University
