High Museum of Art
Atlanta, GA
404-733-4444
The High Museum of Art has an extensive anthology of
19th- and 20th-century American art; significant holdings of European paintings
and decorative art; a growing collection of African American art; and burgeoning
collections of modern and contemporary art, photography and African art
and is the only 
major general museum
in North America to have a curatorial department specifically devoted to
the field of folk and self-taught art.
The Museum's building, designed by Richard Meier, opened in 1983 and has received many design awards, including a 1991 citation from the American Institute of Architects as one of the "ten best works of American architecture of the 1980s." Meier's 135,000-square-foot facility tripled the Museum's space, enabling the institution to mount more comprehensive displays of its collections. In 2003, to celebrate the twentieth anniversary of the Richard Meier-designed building, the High unveiled enhancements to its galleries and interior, and a new, chronological installation of its permanent collection.
Due to the unprecedented growth the High has experienced during the past decade in exhibitions, community programming, and collection building, the Museum initiated a building expansion program. The High Museum of Art opened its expanded facilities to the public in November 2005, creating a vibrant "village for the arts" at the Woodruff Arts Center in Midtown Atlanta. Designed by architect Renzo Piano, three new buildings surrounding a public piazza more than double the Museum's size to 312,000 square feet - allowing the High to display more of its growing collection, increase public programs and offer new visitor amenities to address the needs of larger and more diverse audiences. The High Museum of Art is located at 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta, GA 30309.
Please see the museum's website for hours and admission fees.
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