Allen Memorial Art Museum

For more than a century, the Allen has promoted the study of original works of art. Always free to the public, the museum has strong holdings in American, Asian, European, and global contemporary art, with smaller but impressive collections of African, ancient, Indigenous American, and Islamic art. The Allen’s collection of more than 15,000 works is recognized among the top academic art museums in the nation.

The 1917 building designed by Cass Gilbert, an architect known for the Woolworth Building in New York City and the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C., engages the vocabulary of Tuscan Renaissance architecture to evoke the inspirational art of the past. A 1977 addition by Venturi, Scott Brown & Associates became one of the finest and earliest examples of postmodern architecture in the United States.

The Allen is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm, Sundays from 1 pm to 5 pm, and closed Mondays and major holidays.