Welcome to ArtBusinessDirectory.com - Top 10 Links in Museums Americas Museums Americas , North & South Americas http://artbusinessdirectory.com/%cat_tags%/ en-us The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) The Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) is a place that fuels creativity, ignites minds, and provides inspiration. Its extraordinary exhibitions and collection of modern and contemporary art are dedicated to helping you understand and enjoy the art of our time. The Museum of Modern art is constructed to spark the imagination and the intellect and inspire its patrons. Housing the world?s finest collection of modern and contemporary art, the museum is dedicated to showcasing the flow of art genres from past to present. It provides a voice for both the established, and the avant-garde http://moma.org 400.00 Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York The Metropolitan Museum of Art, known as ?The Met? is located on the eastern edge of Central Park in New York City. One of the most recognizable art institutions, the Met and its front steps have been featured in film and television. Visitors can view over 2 million works of art in 19 different departments. The mission of The Metropolitan Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, study, exhibit, and stimulate appreciation for and advance knowledge of works of art that collectively represent the broadest spectrum of human achievement at the highest level of quality, all in the service of the public and in accordance with the highest professional standards. Works range from classical antiquities and Ancient Egyptian to modern and American art. In addition to art, the museum houses items of anthropological interest, such as costumes, armor, and recreated historical interiors. http://www.metmuseum.org 375.00 Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) With 100,000 objects dating from ancient times to the present, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States. A museum of international stature as well as a vital part of Southern California, LACMA shares its vast collections through exhibitions, public programs, and research facilities that attract nearly a million visitors annually. <br> <br> LACMA?s seven-building complex is located on twenty acres in the heart of Los Angeles, halfway between the ocean and downtown. LACMA?s collections encompass the geographic world and virtually the entire history of art. Among the museum?s special strengths are its holdings of Asian art, housed in part in the Bruce Goff-designed Pavilion for Japanese Art; Latin American art, ranging from pre-Columbian masterpieces to works by leading modern and contemporary artists including Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Jos? Clemente Orozco; and Islamic art, of which LACMA hosts one of the most significant collections in the world. <br> <br> <iframe width="448" height="252" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/3yf0gttS46c?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://www.lacma.org 370.00 Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles MOCA is the only Los Angeles museum dedicated exclusively to contemporary art. The collection presents works produced since 1940 in all styles of media. In just a few decades, MOCA has amassed one of the country?s most celebrated permanent collections. MOCA engages its patrons with an ambitious combination of exhibition, collection, education, and publication. The curators are dedicated to searching out the most iconic and challenging art of its time and presenting it to the public within an enlightening historical and cultural context. http://www.moca.org 350.00 Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco - FAMSF The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, comprised of the de Young in Golden Gate Park and the Legion of Honor in Lincoln Park, is the largest public arts institution in San Francisco <br><br> The de Young showcases American art from the 17th through the 21st centuries, international contemporary art, textiles and costumes, and art from the Americas, the Pacific, and Africa. A collection of 4,000 years of ancient and European art is displayed at the Legion of Honor in a neoclassical style building overlooking the Golden Gate Bridge. <br><br> <iframe width="448" height="242" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/IQkUgaKauxg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://www.famsf.org/ 300.00 MASS MoCA <BR> Since opening in 1999, MASS MoCA has become one of the world's premier centers for making and showing the best art of our time. With annual attendance of 120,000, it ranks among the most visited institutions in the United States dedicated to new art. More than 80 major new works of art and more than 50 performances have been created through fabrication and rehearsal residencies in North Adams, making MASS MoCA perhaps the most fertile site in the country for new art. The museum thrives on making and presenting work that is fresh, surprising, and challenging. <BR><BR> Visual arts MASS MoCA exhibits work by many of the most important artists of today?both well known, and emerging?focusing on large-scale and complex installations that are impossible to realize in conventional museums. Our broad, soaring galleries with 110,000 square feet of open, flexible space and their robust industrial character have proven both inspiring and empowering to artists. <BR><BR> Performing arts An essential and integral part of MASS MoCA's mission are the more than 75 performances staged year-round, including popular music, contemporary dance, alternative cabaret, world music dance parties, outdoor silent films with live music, documentaries, and avant-garde theater. <BR><BR> Education <BR> MASS MoCA?s Education Department offers a wide-range of learning opportunities for students, teenagers, teachers, adults, and families. Programs include: hands-on art classes; lectures; Art Assembly performances for schools; artist talks; guided tours; art camps; after school programs; and Kidspace, a child-centered art gallery and hands-on studio. <BR><BR> <BR><BR> <iframe width="448" height="252" src="//www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/fENVhbe62yg?rel=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe> http://www.massmoca.org 300.00 Whitney Museum of American Art As the preeminent institution devoted to the art of the United States, the Whitney Museum of American Art presents the full range of twentieth-century and contemporary American art, with a special focus on works by living artists. The Whitney is dedicated to collecting, preserving, interpreting, and exhibiting American art, and its collection?arguably the finest holding of twentieth-century American art in the world?is the Museum?s key resource. The Museum?s signature exhibition, the Biennial, is the country?s leading survey of the most recent developments in American art. The Whitney?s collection focuses on 20th and 21st century American art. Located on the upper west side of New York, the Whitney features mostly living artists for its exhibitions, while its permanent collection contains many important pieces from the earlier parts of the 1900s. http://whitney.org 200.00 J. Paul Getty Museum The J Paul Getty Museum fosters critical art appreciation by providing thoughtful and informative displays of high quality works. The museum is continually expanding its collection through active acquisition and enhancing the viewing experience with special exhibits, lectures, and events. Visitors gain access to the latest research in a unique setting, encompassing both modern and classical architecture. The Getty Villa, in Malibu, allows the visitor to wander a faithfully reconstructed Roman Villa while viewing artifacts of ancient Rome and other cultures. The J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center in Los Angeles houses European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European and American photographs http://www.getty.edu/museum 150.00 Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (MCA) One of the nation?s largest facilities devoted to the art of our time, the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago (MCA) offers exhibitions of the most thought-provoking art created since 1945. The MCA documents contemporary visual culture through painting, sculpture, photography, video and film, and performance. The museum is now one of largest contemporary art museums in the world. The collection encompasses a vivid narrative of late surrealism, pop art, and installation from 1945 trough the 1970s. Located in the heart of downtown Chicago, the MCA boasts a gift store, bookstore, restaurant, 300-seat theater, and a terraced sculpture garden with a great view of Lake Michigan. <br><br> The mission of the MCA is to be an innovative and compelling center of contemporary art where the public can directly experience the work and ideas of living artists, and understand the historical, social, and cultural context of the art of our time. http://www.mcachicago.org 150.00 The Women's Museum? The Women's Museum?: An Institute for the Future makes visible the unique, textured, and diverse stories of American women. Using the latest technology and interactive media, the Museum's exhibits and programs expand our understanding of women's participation in shaping our nation's history and create a lively environment for dialogue and discovery. http://www.thewomensmuseum.org 100.00