The High Museum of Art

The South’s premier showcase for the world’s great art is located in the heart of Midtown Atlanta.

When it was founded in 1905, the Atlanta Art Association consisted of a small collection of masterworks gathered from some of the city’s most prominent families. Over the decades, the museum grew: in 1926, the High family, for whom the present museum is named, donated their home to house the growing collection; in the 1950’s a larger building was erected adjacent to the home. A pleasant collection was forming.

Points of Interest

• Keep an eye open outside the museum — “The Shade,” a statue by Auguste Rodin, was donated by the French government in memory of the victims of the 1962 plane crash in Paris.
• Inside, the permanent collection consists of more than 15,000 individual pieces in seven categories: African art; American art; decorative arts and design; European art; folk art; modern and contemporary art; and photography. Much of this collection, more than a third, was acquired after the museum announced its expansion plans in 1999.
• Fans of photography find a sense of kinship at the High. The museum started building its collection in earnest back in the 1970s, before many other American museums dedicated themselves to the medium. Today, the photography program at the museum is particularly renowned, housing the most comprehensive collection of Civil Rights-era photography in the world.
• The museum is affiliated with the Louvre in Paris and the Smithsonian in Washington, not to mention a number of other institutions across the world. Needless to say, an eternally rotating series of temporary exhibits keep the museum’s offerings fresh (past exhibitions have included works by Da Vinci, Picasso, Frida Kahlo, Rembrandt, Matisse, Leibovitz, Warhol — the list in endless. Keep your eye on their schedule).
• Admission to the museum is reasonable, with tickets costing $12 – $19.50. But keep the calendar open for the second Sunday of each month, when admission is free.

1280 Peachtree St. NE
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