Art Museum Touring.com
A tourism website designed for the Art lover

Press Release 1-6-10: Openings, Closings, and Events plus Reminders
Newsletter is now so large it can not be sent by email and is built into the site.

There are now museums from twenty-two states on our site!

Check Out Sherrie's Blog about this Wolfsonian project!

The Art of Illumination: Illuminating the Arts

The Wolfsonian's exterior walls will become exhibition spaces for the display of digital images

Information about how your museum can be listed FREE on Art Museum Touring.

Openings, Closings, and Events
See Exhibitions page to see a sample photos of current and upcoming shows.

Huntsville, AL

Huntsville Museum of Art

  • Paintings from the Reign of Victoria: The Royal Holloway Collection
    • Nov. 22, 2009 - Jan. 31, 2010
  • Reflections of Reality:
    Great American Paintings from the Collection of Peter and Betsy Lowe
    • Dec. 13, 2009 - Feb. 21, 2010
  • Events
Reflections of Reality:

Irvine, CA

The Irvine Museum

  • Selections From The Irvine Museum, 2009
    • Through Feb. 13, 2010

West Palm Beach, FL

Norton Museum of Art

  • William Kentridge: Five Themes
    • Closes Jan. 17, 2010
William Kentridge: Five Themes

Miami, FL

The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum Florida International University

  • The Missing Peace: Artists Consider The Dalai Lama
    • Closes January 10, 2010!!!!
  • l a c u n a i n t e s t i m o n y
    • Closes January 10, 2010!!!!

Miami Beach, FL

The Wolfsonian-Florida International University

  • Art and Design in the Modern Age: Selections from The Wolfsonian Collection
    • Ongoing
  • TRAFFIC!
    • lobby
    • Through January 24, 2010
  • Styled for the Road: The Art of Automobile Design, 1908-1948
    • October 16, 2009 through
      March 14, 2010
  • Rhythms of Modern Life: British Prints 1914-1939
    • Nov. 20, 2009 - Feb. 28, 2010
  • New Voices. New Works
    • Site-specific pieces inspired by The Wolfsonian, curated by designer Todd Oldham for Art Basel Miami Beach
  • Events
TRAFFIC!

Atlanta, GA

Michael C. Carlos Museum of Emory University

  • Scripture for the Eyes: Bible Illustration in Netherlandish
    • October 17, 2009 to
      January 24, 2010
  • Events
Old Master Highlights of the Works on Paper Collection

Augusta, GA

Morris Museum of Art

  • Response and Memory: The Art of Beverly Buchanan
    • Nov. 21, 2009 - Jan. 31, 2010
  • Deep Sea: Drawings by William O. Golding
    • Dec. 12, 2009 - March 14, 2010
Deep Sea: Drawings by William O. Golding

Indianapolis, IN

Indianapolis Museum of Art

  • Fashion in Bloom
    • Through Jan. 31, 2010
  • Judith G. Levy: Memory Cloud
    • Through Jan. 24, 2010
  • Paired Photographs
    • Through March 21, 2010
  • Events

Logan, KS

The Dane G. Hansen Memorial Museum

  • Sum of the Parts, Surface Design Association Membership Exhibition 2007
    • Through February 7
Sum of the Parts, Surface Design Association Membership Exhibition 2007

Paducah, KY

The National Quilt Museum

  • Quilts with a Kick.
    • Through Feb. 2, 2010
  • A Family of Quilts
    • Dec. 18, 2009 – Mar. 16, 2010
Quilts with a Kick.

Louisville, KY

Kentucky Museum of Art and Craft

  • Searching for the Heart of Black Identity
    • January 9 – April 10
Searching for the Heart of Black Identity
The Speed Art Museum
  • Painting in Europe, 1600-1800
    • October 25, 2009 -
      January 24, 2010
  • European and American Art, 1800-1960
    • Opened October 11
  • Hattie Bishop Speed: A New Museum for Louisville
    • September 1, 2009 to
      March 14, 2010
  • A Book of Prayers: The Medieval Bestseller
    • October 11, 2009 to
      February 14, 2010
  • Events
European and American Art, 1800-1960

New Orleans, LA

New Orleans Museum of Art

  • Dreams Come True: Art of the Classic Fairy Tales from the Walt Disney Studio
    • Opened November 15
  • William Woodward, 1859-1939: American Impressionist in New Orleans
    • Through Feb. 28, 2010
  • Käthe Kollwitz: Graphics from the Jean Stein Collection
    • November 15-March 14, 2010
  • Events
William Woodward, 1859-1939: American Impressionist in New Orleans
New Mexico History Museum
  • Fashioning New Mexico
    • Through Apr 14, 2010
  • Telling New Mexico
    • Ongoing
  • Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción
    • Ongoing
  • Segesser Hide Paintings
    • Ongoing
  • Events
Fashioning New Mexico

Baltimore, MD

The Walters Art Museum

  • The Christmas Story: Picturing the Birth of Christ in Medieval Manuscripts
    • Dec. 3, 2009 – Feb. 28, 2010
  • Events

New England Quilt Museum
  • Masters: 40 Contemporary Master Quilters
    • Through Feb. 25, 2010
Masters: 40 Contemporary Master Quilters

Salem, MA

Peabody Essex Museum

  • Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent
    Iris Apfel
    • Through Feb. 7, 2010
  • Valérie Belin: Made Up
    • Through Feb. 7, 2010
  • Trash Menagerie
    • Through June 1, 2010
  • ReVisions, Indian Artists Engaging Traditions
    • Through Mar. 28, 2010
  • Events
Valérie Belin: Made Up

Muskegon, MI

Muskegon Museum of Art

  • Edward Curtis: Selections from The North American Indian portfolio
    • Nov. 5, 2009 – Jan. 10 &
      Jan. 14 – April 10, 2010
  • BIRDS IN ART
    • Dec.10, 2009 – Feb.14, 2010
  • PATTERNS OF FLIGHT: THE ART OF CATHERINE McCLUNG
    • Dec. 10, 2009 – Feb. 7, 2010
  • Events
Edward Curtis: Selections from The North American Indian portfolio

Ridgeland, MS

Mississippi Craft Center

  • A Woodcarver’s Memory: The work of George Berry, Sr.
    • January 5 - 30

A Woodcarver’s Memory: The work of George Berry, Sr.
Columbia, MO

Museum of Art and Archaeology
University of Missouri

  • Ancient Glass from the Permanent Collection
    • Ongoing from August 2007
  • The Fine Art of Living: Luxury Objects from the East and West
    • Ongoing from May 29, 2008
  • Faces of Warhol: Constructing Gender
    • Through February 7, 2010
  • The European and American Galleries
    • Ongoing
  • Treasures from Antiquity: The Weinberg Gallery of Ancient Art
    • Ongoing
  • Events
Faces of Warhol: Constructing Gender

Santa Fe, NM

The Museum of Indian Arts & Culture

  • A River Apart
    • Through Jun 6, 2010
  • Native Couture II: Innovation and Style
    • Through Feb 10, 2010
  • The Buchsbaum Gallery of Southwestern Pottery
    • Ongoing
  • Here, Now and Always
    • Ongoing
  • Events
Native Couture II: Innovation and Style
Museum of International Folk Art
  • Dancing Shadows, Epic Tales: Wayang Kulit of Indonesia
    • in the Bartlett Wing
    • Through March 14, 2010
  • Multiple Visions: A Common Bond
    • Ongoing
  • A Century of Masters:The NEA National Heritage Fellows of New Mexico
    • Closes Jan 16, 2011
  • Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection
    • Dec. 20, 2009 - May 23, 2011
Material World: Textiles and Dress from the Collection
New Mexico Museum of Art
  • O’Keeffe and Baumann
    • Ongoing
  • How The West is One: The Art of New Mexico
    • Ongoing
  • The Surreal Life: Gerry Snyder and Marco Rosichelli
    • Closes Jan 31, 2010
  • Landscape Reconsidered
    • Closes Jan 10, 2010!!!!
  • Event
Landscape Reconsidered

New Mexico History Museum
  • Fashioning New Mexico
    • Through Apr 14, 2010
  • Telling New Mexico
    • Ongoing
  • Treasures of Devotion/Tesoros de Devoción
    • Ongoing
  • Segesser Hide Paintings
    • Ongoing
Fashioning New Mexico

Katonah, NY

The Katonah Museum of Art

  • Bold, Cautious, True: Walt Whitman and American Art of the Civil War Era
    • Through Jan. 24, 2010
  • Brian Selznick’s Walt Whitman: Words for America
    • Through Jan. 24, 2010
  • Steve Tobin: Katonah Steelroots
    • Through Sep. 19, 2010
  • Hudson River Triology: Alison Moritsugu
    • Through Jan. 24, 2010
  • Chakaia Booker
    • Through March 1, 2010
  • Events
Steve Tobin: Katonah Steelroots


Fayetteville, NC

Fayetteville Museum of Art

  • Historic Hairdressers
    • Closes Jan.10, 2010!!!!
Historic Hairdressers

Durham, NC

Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University

  • Africa and Picasso
    • Closes Jan. 10, 2010!!!!
  • Big Shots: Andy Warhol Polaroids
    • Nov. 12, 2009 - Feb. 21, 2010
  • The Past is Present: Classical Antiquities at the Nasher Museum
    • Ongoing
  • Events
Africa and Picasso

Wilmington, NC

The Cameron Art Museum

  • Toying with Art
    • Nov. 13, 2009- March 28, 2010
  • GWATHMEY SIEGEL: Inspiration and Transformation
    • Closes Jan.10, 2010!!!!
  • KALEIDOSCOPE: Changing Views of the Permanent Collection
    • May 15, 2009- May 9, 2010
GWATHMEY SIEGEL: Inspiration and Transformation

Columbia, SC

Columbia Museum of Art

  • Ansel Adams: Masterworks
    • Closes Jan. 17, 2010
  • The Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection: Fifty Works for Fifty States
    • Closes Jan. 17, 2010
  • Larry Clark: Tulsa
    • The Mamie & William Andrew Treadway, Jr. Gallery 15.
    • Oct. 14, 2009 - Feb. 7, 2010
  • Events
Ansel Adams: Masterworks

Charleston, SC

Gibbes Museum of Art

  • Brian Rutenberg: Tidesong
    • Closes Jan. 10, 2010!!!!
  • The Charleston Story
    • Ongoing

Brookings, SD

South Dakota Art Museum

  • The Collector’s Eye: Amish Quilts from the International Quilt Study Center
    • Through April 1, 2010
  • Oscar Howe Exhibit
    • Through April 1, 2010
  • Harvey Dunn: Select Works
    • Through November 1, 2010
  • Events
Oscar Howe Exhibit

Memphis, TN

Memphis Brooks Art Museum*

  • Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce
    • Closes January 10, 2010!!!!
  • Events

* Brooks is now closed Mondays AND Tuesdays

Masterpieces of European Painting from Museo de Arte de Ponce
Children's Museum of Memphis
  • Building Brainstorm
    • Closes Jan. 10, 2010!!!!

Building Brainstorm

Clarksville, TN

Customs House Museum and Cultural Center

  • Yousuf Karsh: Master of the Photographic Portrait
    • Closes January 17th
  • Art in Architecture
    • Closes Jan. 14, 2010
Yousuf Karsh: Master of the Photographic Portrait

Nashville, TN

Frist Center for the Visual Arts

  • Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    • Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010
  • Oliver Herring: Sculpture and Video
    Gordon Contemporary Artists Project Gallery
    • Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010
  • Thomas Hart Benton in Story and Song
    • Oct. 2, 2009– Jan. 31, 2010
  • Events
Georgia O’Keeffe and Her Times: American Modernism from the Lane Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
The Hermitage

Web Conferencing for teachers and students Now Available at The Hermitage!

The Hermitage
The Parthenon
  • What lies beneath?
    Paintings by John Kingerlee
    • Through Feb. 6, 2010
  • The Fiery Gizzard Series: Paintings by Susan Goshgarian McGrew
    • Through Feb. 20, 2010
What lies beneath?
Tennessee Art League
  • Jason Saunders
    • Through February 27
    • The Premiere Gallery
  • Nashville group Art Seen
    • Ethel Smith Gallery
    • Through January 29
  • Work by Studio A Artists
    • 2nd Floor Gallery
  • Event

Jason Saunders


Hunter Museum of American Art

  • The Kennedys | Portrait of a Family Photographs by Richard Avedon
    • Nov. 22, 2009 - Jan.24, 2010
  • Jellies: Living Art
    • Ongoing
  • Events

Oak Ridge, TN

Children's Museum of Oak Ridge

Limited Edition - 250 signed & numbered, handmade 2009 GALA Medallion by Sherrie Carris


Knoxville, TN

The Emporium Center for Arts & Culture

  • National Juried Exhibition of 2009
    • Dec.14, 2009 - Jan. 29, 2010
  • 365: AIGA Annual Design Competition
    • Jan. 8 - 29
  • Arts in the Airport
    • April 22, 2010
National Juried Exhibition of 2009
Frank H. McClung Museum,
University of Tennessee
  • Discovering American Indian Art
    • Closes January 10, 2010!!!!
Discovering American Indian Art

Johnson City, TN

Slocumb Galleries ETSU

  • Constructing Image: Insights to the Andy Warhol Photographs
    • Closes Tomorrow, Jan. 7!!!!

Fort Worth, TX

Kimbell Art Museum

  • From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern
  • European Art
    • South Gallery
    • Current
  • Asian Art
    • North Gallery
    • Current
  • Pre-Columbian and African Art
    • East Gallery
  • Michelangelo’s First Painting: The Torment of Saint Anthony
    • On View beginning Sept. 26
  • Events
From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern

Dallas, TX

Dallas Museum of Art

  • All the World’s a Stage: Celebrating Performance in the Visual Arts
    • Through Feb. 28
  • Performance/Art
    • Through Mar. 21
  • THE ARTISTIC FURNITURE OF CHARLES ROHLFS
    • Closes January 13, 2010!!!!
  • Materials & Meanings
    • Through Summer 2010
    • Center for Creative Connections
  • Events
ISTIC FURNITURE OF CHARLES ROHLFS

Wasau, WI

Leigh Yawkey Woodson Art Museum

  • In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America
    • Through Jan. 24, 2010
In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America
In Search of Norman Rockwell’s America
NOTE: Art Museum Touring.com have deleted a few museums that do not fit our overall mission, or have not kept their pages on our site up to date.
To keep up with museum and gallery updates as they come in follow Art Museum Touring.com on Twitter: http://twitter.com/artmuseumtourin and http://twitter.com/sherrcarr

A map has been added to each museum page. The museums that provide a lot of information will now have three pages: their main page, a page for exhibition descriptions and a page for their events.

Check our:

  • Home page and/or Index page to see which museums recently updated their page and on what date. Look for the new photos tag.
    • Museums and galleries that have joined in the past month are listed at the top of the column on the Home page
  • Blog
  • Events page for openings, receptions, other museum activities
  • Exhibitions page to see a list and thumbnail photos of current shows. Check a particular museum's website (available on its page on our site) for all its activities and exhibitions.

Support Your Area Museums! They are economic engines for their communities. And take the time to visit the local galleries in your area. A vibrant art scene contributes to a healthy community.

Tom Carris
Art Museum Touring
tom@artmuseumtouring.com

Copyright 2010