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The North Carolina Museum of Art, one of the most distinguished museum in the South, recently completed a significant three-year expansion and reopened to the public on April 24, 2010. Located in Raleigh on a 164-acre park, the museum seamlessly blends art, architecture and nature.
The museum first opened to the public in 1956 in a renovated state office building in downtown Raleigh. Since its inception, the museum’s collection has grown to include European paintings from the Renaissance to the 19th century, Egyptian art, sculptures and vase paintings from ancient Greece and Rome, American art from the 18th to 20th centuries and international contemporary art, as well as various others. Click the image to the left or follow this link to view a slideshow of samples from the collections.
Admission to the Museum’s permanent collection and Museum Park is free; however, there is a charge for some special exhibitions.
The North Carolina Museum of Art is located in Raleigh, N.C. Image courtesy of Creative Commons.
The North Carolina Museum of Art is attempting to feature an exhibit in October 2011 that contains more authentic Rembrandt paintings than any American museum.
Located in Raleigh, N.C., the museum is borrowing Rembrandt pieces from nearly two dozen museums across the United States, such as the National Gallery of Art in Washington and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The total value of the exhibit is undisclosed, but according to museum officials, it will “exceed anything the museum has put together before, including blockbuster exhibitions of Picasso, Matisse Monet and Rodin.”
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