Joslyn Art Museum

CULTURE LOVERS AND ART NOVICES ALIKE WILL LOVE THIS PINK MARBLE MASTERPIECE WITH MORE THAN 11,000 WORKS OF ART INSIDE AND OUT.

The Joslyn Art Museum is a masterpiece serving as one of the finest examples of Art Deco architecture. The pink marble exterior is constructed of Etowah Pink (Georgia Pink) marble while the interior is comprised of 38 different marbles from around the world.

Inside, admire Dale Chihuly’s monumental glass sculpture on your way to the permanent collections of art ranging from ancient times to the present. View works by iconic artists Rembrandt, Monet, Degas, Pollock, Renoir and more. Major temporary exhibitions are displayed throughout the year.

Unleash your little (and inner) artist at ART WORKS, 1,500 square feet of interactive space complete with nine activity stations so you may create your own masterpieces, like stop-motion animation and high-tech paintings. Make your way outdoors to the garden galleries, notably the colorful Discovery Garden, complete with 20 artworks.

Joslyn offers free admission year-round, as well as mobile and guided tours. First, satisfy your appetite for art, then your hunger with lunch or a snack at Café Durham, located in the Joslyn’s atrium. Before leaving, stop in the Hitchcock Museum Shop and select from an array of distinctive gifts and souvenirs.

CHIHULY: INSIDE & OUT BY DALE CHIHULY The artist’s impressive colored glass sculpture, commissioned in 2000

GALAXY BY JACKSON POLLOCK The artist’s amazing 1947 canvas, centerpiece of the Modern and Contemporary Collection

LITTLE DANCER, FOURTEEN YEARS OLD BY EDGAR DEGAS Two plaster versions of Degas’ famed wax sculpture

THE MEADOW BY CLAUDE MONET An excellent example of Impressionism art

PORTRAIT OF DIRCK VAN OS BY REMBRANDT VAN RIJN Painting of the prominent Dutch citizen; restored in 2014

EIGHT-PANEL SCREEN, ARTIST UNKNOWN An extraordinary eight-panel, carved red lacquer screen, a significant piece in the Asian Collection

YOUNG GIRLS AT THE PIANO BY PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR Selected for a government commission in 1892

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

ANCIENT - Antiquities from Egypt, Greece and Rome, including Greek pottery

AMERICAN - Paintings and furniture alongside sculpture and decorative arts

AMERICAN INDIAN - Historic works of art by the native peoples of North America

AMERICAN WEST - Includes watercolors, paintings and sculpture

ASIAN - A 4,000-year overview of Asian civilization highlighting the cultures of China, Japan, Korea, India, Tibet and Southeast Asia

EUROPEAN - 19th century works of European art

LATIN AMERICA - Spanish colonial art from the 16th to 19th centuries