Columbia Museum of Art

The Columbia Museum of Art seeks to inspire, educate and enrich the lives of the community, South Carolinians, tourists and visitors by collecting and preserving fine and decorative art from around the world, exhibiting highly regarded work from a broad range of cultures and providing dynamic educational and cultural programs

The Columbia Museum of Art is South Carolina's premier international art museum and houses a world-class collection of European and American art. Founded in 1950, the Museum opened its new building on Main Street in 1998 with 25 galleries. The collections include masterpieces of the Italian Renaissance, Baroque and Rococo from the Samuel H. Kress Collection, works by significant furniture and silver makers, and modern and contemporary art. In recent years the Museum’s collection of Asian art and Antiquities has grown through generous gifts to the collection. Of particular interest are Sandro Botticelli's Nativity, Claude Monet's The Seine at Giverny, Canaletto’s View of the Molo, and art glass by Louis Comfort Tiffany. The Museum offers changing exhibitions from renowned museums and educational programs that include lectures, films and concerts, and it is the recipient of a National Art Education Association award for its contributions to arts education and an Elizabeth O’Neill Verner Governor’s Award for the Arts for outstanding contributions to the arts in South Carolina. Generous support to the Museum is provided by the City of Columbia and Richland County.

Admission: (effective July 19)
$10 adults, $5 students, $8 military, $8 senior citizens (ages 65 and over).
Every Sunday is free courtesy of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.
Free for museum members and children ages 5 and under.

NEW hours:
Tues. - Fri. 11 a.m. - 5 p.m.

First Fri. 11 a.m. - 8 p.m.

Sat. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Sun. noon - 5 p.m.
Wednesdays - Saturdays 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
First Friday of every month 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m. (until 5:00 p.m. in December)
Sundays noon - 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays and major holidays.

For information on group rates and tours, call 803.343.2209.
Museum Shop: Open during Museum hours 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
Admission: $5 adults, $2 students, $4 military, $4 senior citizens (ages 60 and over)
Every Sunday is FREE courtesy of BlueCross BlueShield of South Carolina.
Free for museum members and children ages 5 and under.

Exhibitions:

Nature and the Grand American Vision: Masterpieces of the Hudson River School Painters
November 19, 2011 - April 1, 2012

Our Time, Our Place: Photographs of the Black South by Richard Samuel Roberts
On view through Apr 29, 2012 in Gallery 15