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The High Museum of Art (colloquially the High) is the largest museum for visual art in the Southeastern United States. Located in Atlanta, Georgia (on Peachtree Street in Midtown, the city's arts district), the High is 312,000 square feet (28,985 m 2) and a division of the Woodruff Arts Center.
Atlanta-based museum featuring works by Georgia artists in painting, print, sculpture and photography.
Featuring American, European and African art, as well as decorative art and photography, the High Museum boasts a permanent collection of over 11,000 pieces, many of which can be viewed from different levels of the four-story, glass atrium.
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- Martin Luther King Jr. National Historic Park. Wandering Auburn Avenue is one of the joys of visiting Atlanta. You can learn a hell of a lot about Martin Luther King in a few hours, and the best part is visitation is absolutely free.
- High Museum of Art. The High Museum of Art's appeal begins with its Midtown building’s sleek, all-white exterior—the architecture is as much a work of art as the exhibits inside.
- Fernbank Museum of Natural History. You’re never too old to love dinosaurs (this museum doubles as one of the best things to do with kids in Atlanta), but there’s much more to the Fernbank than the fossil-filled gallery (which features a 47-foot-long Giganotosaurus).
- Hammonds House Museum. As Atlanta’s historic West End community faces gentrification, it’s never been more important to remind new residents of the heritage and culture they are joining.
Located in the heart of Atlanta, Georgia, the High Museum of Art connects with audiences from across the Southeast and around the world through its distinguished collection, dynamic schedule of special exhibitions and engaging community-focused programs.
- 1280 Peachtree St. NE, Atlanta, 30309, GA
- (404) 733-4400
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With more than 15,000 works of art in its permanent collection, the High has an extensive anthology of 19th- and 20th-century American art; a substantial collection of historic and contemporary...
The striking, bright-white art repository, with its curved ramps and monumental swooping three-story glass atrium that shelters natural light like a precious resource, is a Midtown icon, its reflective white enamel facade standing in stark contrast to the surrounding skyscrapers and greenery.
