Art Museums

Chapel Hill

Ackland Art Museum - With free admission to all, the Ackland Art Museum presents more than a dozen exhibitions every year, offering a wide stylistic range of art.  The Ackland’s holdings – over 16,000 works of art – include significant collections of European masterworks, twentieth-century and contemporary art, African art, North Carolina pottery, and folk art, as well as North Carolina’s premier collections of Asian art and works on paper (drawings, prints, and photographs).  The Ackland has a vibrant and active program and event schedule offering music, films, gallery talks, and other activities on weekends and during the Museum’s extended Thursday evening hours. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
 101 S. Columbia Street, near Franklin Street, Downtown Chapel Hill, NC, 27599, 919.966.5736; Website.

Durham

Nasher Museum of Art – Duke University, 
2001 Campus Drive, 
Durham, NC 27701, 919.684.5135, Website.

North Carolina Central University Art Museum – 1801 Fayetteville St., 
PO Box 19555, 
Durham, NC 27707-3198, 
919.530.6211
, Website.

Raleigh

North Carolina Museum of Art – 
2110 Blue Ridge Road
, Raleigh, NC, 27607-6494
, 919.839.6262, Website.

Contemporary Art Museum - Physical address: 409 West Martin Street, Raleigh, North Carolina; Mailing address: PO Box 19609, Raleigh, NC 27619; (919) 513-0946,  Website.

Gregg Museum of Art and Design at North Carolina State University – Talley Student Center, Mailing address: Campus Box 7306, Raleigh, NC, 27695-7306, 
Website.