Museums
Ackland Art Museum
The Ackland Art Museum’s permanent collection consists of more than 20,000 works of art, featuring North Carolina’s premier collections of Asian art and works of art on paper —drawings, prints, and photographs— as well as significant collections of European works, twentieth-century and contemporary art, and North Carolina pottery.
Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joan Miró, Jusepe de Ribera, Luis Leon Masson, Luis Quintanilla, Pablo Picasso, Pierre Daura, Salvador Dalí and Vicente Carducho
Alexandria Museum of Art
The Alexandria Museum of Art, also known as AMoA, was founded in 1977 in downtown Alexandria, in central Louisiana. AMoA has evolved to become a hub for diverse exhibitions, educational programs, and community events that enrich the region’s cultural landscape. By showcasing art from its permanent collection, traveling exhibitions, and contemporary artists, the museum aims to engage visitors with a wide array of artistic expressions. Additionally, it serves as a downtown campus for LSUA classes and hosts various multidisciplinary community events throughout the year to support all art forms.
Spanish artists include Àlvar Suñol Muñoz-Ramos
Allentown Art Museum
The Allentown Art Museum was founded in 1934 by the teacher, painter, and critic Walter Emerson Baum (1886-1956) as a meeting place and exhibition space for area artists. The Museum moved to its current location so it could accept a generous gift of 53 Renaissance and Baroque paintings and sculptures from businessman and philanthropist Samuel H. Kress in 1960-1961. The Museum expanded in 1975 when a room designed by Frank Lloyd Wright came into the collection. Over the years the Museum’s collection continued to grow, notably with a large and important donation of textiles and gifts of works on paper. Today the Museum’s collection of more than 17,000 works of art offers the opportunity to experience nearly 2,000 years of cultural heritage.
Spanish artists include Esteban Vicente, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joan Miró and Salvador Dalí
Bechtler Museum of Modern Art
The Bechtler Museum of Modern Art is the only museum in the Southern United States exclusively dedicated to European and American Modern Art and its legacies. Featuring the collection of the Zürich-based Bechtler family, the Bechtler Museum of Modern Art collection includes works by some of the most important and influential figures of modernism, including Alexander Calder, Le Corbusier, Edgar Degas, Max Ernst, Alberto Giacometti, Barbara Hepworth, Jasper Johns, Paul Klee, Alfred Manessier, Joan Miró, Kenneth Noland, Pablo Picasso, Bridget Riley, Nicolas de Staël, Andy Warhol and a wealth of other 20th-century notables.
Spanish artists include Eduardo Chillida, Isabel Quintanilla Martínez, Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso
Chrysler Museum of Art
Located in Norfolk, Virginia, The Chrysler Museum of Art features a collection of over 30,000 objects, including photography, non-western art, ancient art, and one of the great glass collections in America. The core of the Chrysler’s collection comes from Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., an avid art collector who donated thousands of objects from his private collection to the Museum. It has also been recognized nationally for its innovative gallery host program. The Perry Glass Studio offers programming for aspiring and master artists alike in a variety of processes including glassblowing, fusing, flameworking, coldworking and neon. In addition, the Chrysler Museum of Art administers the Moses Myers House, a historic house in downtown Norfolk, as well as the Jean Outland Chrysler Library.
Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown, Antonio María Fabrés y Costa, Claudio Coello, Diego Velázquez, Francisco Gras, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso, Pedro Orrente and Sebastián de Llanos Valdés
Cincinnati Art Museum
One of the oldest arts institutions in the United States and the first purpose-built art museum west of the Allegheny Mountains, the Cincinnati Art Museum features a diverse, encyclopedic art collection of approximately 70,000 works spanning 6,000 years. In addition to studying, conserving, publishing and displaying its collection, the museum organizes several exhibitions each year and hosts national and international traveling exhibitions.
The Cincinnati Art Museum showcases a broad range of Spanish art, featuring extensive collections of paintings, sculptures, and drawings from the 12th to the 21st century. Its prints collection includes over 300 works by Spanish artists. Additionally, the museum displays examples of fashion and decorative arts from Spain.
Spanish artists include Alonso Cano, Anonymous / Unknown, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Cristóbal Balenciaga, El Greco, Fernando Gallego, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jaume Plensa, Joan Junyer, Joan Miró, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, José Camino Vaca, Juan de Zurbarán, Juan Gris, Master of San Baudelio, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí
Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum internationally renowned for its substantial holdings of Asian and Egyptian art. CMA houses a diverse permanent collection of more than 61,000 works of art from around the world, providing general admission free to the public. With about 770,000 visitors annually, it is one of the most visited art museums in the world.
Spanish artists include Agustín Esteve y Marqués, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jusepe de Ribera, Mariano Fortuny, Master of Rubielos de Mora and Pablo Picasso
Columbia Museum of Art
Located in the heart of downtown Columbia, South Carolina, the The Columbia Museum of Art (CMA) ranks among the leading art institutions in the country and is distinguished by its innovative exhibitions and creative educational programs. At the heart of the CMA and its programs is its collection, which encompasses 7,000 works and spans 5,000 years of art history. Established in 1950, the CMA now welcomes more than 150,000 visitors annually and is a catalyst for community creativity and education, engaging people of all ages and backgrounds. It is the recipient of a National Medal from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, a National Art Education Association award for its contributions to arts education, a National Park Foundation Award, and two Governor’s Awards for the Arts for outstanding contributions to the arts in South Carolina.
Spanish artists include Alonso Miguel de Tovar, Antonio Vasquez, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes and Juan de Pareja
Dalí Museum
The Dalí Museum celebrates the life and work of Salvador Dalí (1904-1989) and features works from the artist’s entire career. The collection includes over 2,400 works from every moment and in every medium of his artistic activity, including oil paintings, many original drawings, book illustrations, artists’ books, prints, sculpture, photos, manuscripts and an extensive archive of documents. Founded with the works collected by A. Reynolds and Eleanor Morse, the Museum has made significant additions to its collection over the years, celebrating the life and art of one of the most influential and innovative artists in history.
Spanish artists include Salvador Dalí
Dallas Museum of Art
The Dallas Museum of Art (DMA), located in downtown Dallas, Texas, features over 25,000 spanning 5,000 years of history and a range of world cultures, housed in a building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes and John MY Lee Associates. It offers extensive exhibition spaces and educational programming for all ages –from exhibitions and lectures to concerts, literary events and dramatic performance– making it one of the largest art museums in the U.S, with free general admission for all visitors. As an Open Access institution, the DMA offers digital images of all public-domain artworks in its collection for use by the public.
Spanish artists include Antonio de Pereda y Salgado, Joan Miró, Juan de Juanes, Juan Gris, Juan José Tharrats, Luis Ricardo Falero, Oscar Domínguez, Pablo Picasso, Ramón Casas, Salvador Dalí and Susana Solano
Denver Art Museum
The Denver Art Museum was founded in 1893 as the Denver Artists’ Club. With an encyclopedic collection of more than 70,000 diverse works from across the centuries and world, it is one of the largest art museums between the West Coast and Chicago, with global art collections that represent cultures around the world as well as work by artists from Denver and the Rocky Mountain region. Internationally known for its Indigenous Arts of North America collection, the museum also has one of the finest collections of Latin American Art and Art of the Ancient Americas.
Spanish artists include Alonso Sánchez Coello, Anonymous / Unknown, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco de Zurbarán, Jaime Cirera, Joan Miró, Juan Gris, Master of Retascón, Master of the Catholic Kings and Pablo Picasso
Harn Museum of Art
The Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida is an 112,800-square-foot-facility, which includes 40,400 square feet of exhibition space, 5 garden spaces, a 250-seat auditorium, study center, museum store, café and classroom spaces. The Harn’s collection totals more than 13,300 objects including African, Asian, modern and contemporary art, and photography with significant representations of Ancient American and oceanic art, as well as a growing collection of natural history works on paper.
Spanish artists include Antoni Tàpies, Francisco Canes and Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes
Harvard Art Museums
The Harvard Art Museums, an institution within Harvard University, houses a comprehensive collection of approximately 250,000 objects in all media, spanning from antiquity to the present and originating in Europe, North America, North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia. The building, with its 1895 façade, features a courtyard adorned with glass arcades and a glass roof, which allows natural light to illuminate the interior; the renovation, carried out in the 21st century, was designed by architect Renzo Piano. The collections build on the legacies of the three different museums brought together under one roof: the Fogg Museum, Busch-Reisinger Museum, and Arthur M. Sackler Museum — each with a different history, collection, guiding philosophy, and identity.
The Harvard Art Museums are dedicated to promoting learning and appreciation of art through research, preservation, and education, and have played a leading role in the development of art history and conservation science.
Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joan Miró, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Jusepe de Ribera, Juan Gris, Juan Pantoja de la Cruz, Lluís Borrassà and Pablo Picasso
Hispanic Society Museum and Library
The Hispanic Society of America was founded in 1904 by Archer Milton Huntington to establish a free, public museum and reference library for the study of the art and culture of Spain, Portugal, Latin America, and the Philippines. With more than 900 paintings and 6000 watercolors and drawings, The Hispanic Society offers a comprehensive survey of Spanish painting and drawing, including masterworks by El Greco, Velázquez, Goya, and Sorolla. It also features decorative arts, sculpture from the 1st millennium B.C. to the early 20th century, 15000 prints, and 175000 photographs documenting the art, culture, and customs of Spain and Latin America. The Library offers over 300000 books and periodicals, including 15000 volumes printed before 1701, and over 250000 manuscripts, letters, and documents dating from the 11th century to the present.
Spanish artists include Alonso Cano, Anonymous / Unknown, Antonio Moro, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Federico de Madrazo y Kuntz, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco Dionisio de Ribas, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Hermenegildo Anglada Camarasa, Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Juan Carreño de Miranda, Juan Vespucci, Luis de Morales, Luisa Roldán (La Roldana), Mariano Benlliure y Gil, Mariano Fortuny, Ramón Casas, Santiago Rusiñol and Sebastián Muñoz
J. Paul Getty Museum
The J. Paul Getty Museum, with locations in Malibu (Getty Villa) and Los Angeles (Getty Center), caters to diverse audiences with a wide range of art exhibitions and programs in visual arts.
The Getty Center features works of art dating from the eighth through the twenty-first century, showcased against a backdrop of dramatic architecture, tranquil gardens, and panoramic views of Los Angeles. The collection includes European paintings, drawings, sculpture, illuminated manuscripts, decorative arts, and European, Asian, and American photographs.
The Getty Villa in Malibu features Greek, Roman, and Etruscan antiquities presented in a setting modeled after a first-century Roman country house, the Villa dei Papiri in Herculaneum, Italy.
Spanish artists include Alcora Ceramic Factory, Alejandro Massari, Amedor, Anonymous / Unknown, Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Casiano Alguacil, Emilio Beauchy, Eusebio Juliá, Fernando Gallego, Francisco Bayeu y Subias, Francisco de Herrera el Mozo, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Francisco Ribalta, Francisco Rizi, J. E. Puig, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, José Camino Vaca, Jusepe de Ribera, Jose Sierra Payba, José Ximénez Donoso, Juan Carreño de Miranda, Juan de Juanes, Juan de Valdés Leal, Luis Leon Masson, Luisa Roldán (La Roldana), Mariano Salvador Maella, Master of the Cypresses, Pedro de Mena, Saint Beatus of Liébana, Vicente Carducho, Vicente López y Portaña and Wills I. Restrepo
John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art
Administered by Florida State University,The Ringling is the State Art Museum of Florida and serves as the legacy of John and Mable Ringling. It features an art museum, historic mansion, circus museum, historic theater, conservation laboratory, arboretum, and research library, situated on 66 acres of bay-front property in Sarasota. The institution offers 21 galleries of European paintings as well as Cypriot antiquities and Asian, American, and contemporary art. The museum’s art collection currently consists of more than 45,000 objects that include paintings, sculpture, drawings, prints, photographs, and decorative arts from ancient through contemporary periods and from around the world. The most celebrated items are 16th–20th-century European paintings, including a world-renowned collection of Peter Paul Rubens paintings.
Spanish artists include Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joan Miró, Jusepe de Ribera, Juan Bautista Maíno, Juan de Pareja, Juan Genovés, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí
Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art
The University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art (JSMA) is the only accredited academic art museum in Oregon by the American Alliance of Museums and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The JSMA aims to enhance the University of Oregon’s academic mission, and its collections galleries present selections from its extensive holdings of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and American art. Special exhibitions galleries display works from the collection and on loan, representing many cultures of the world, past and present. It has a long tradition of bridging international cultures and offers a destination for discovery and education centered on artistic expression that deepens the appreciation and understanding of the human condition.
Spanish artists include Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joan Miró, Jusepe de Ribera, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí
Kreeger Museum
One of the greatest legacies of David and Carmen Kreeger is the Museum that bears their name. In 1959, the Kreegers began to amass a formidable collection of modern art. For the next fifteen years they assembled most of the Museum’s holdings. The Kreeger’s focus on 19th and 20th century paintings is evidenced by works by Monet, Picasso, Braque, Stella, Mitchell, and Frankenthaler, among others. Also included in the permanent collection are works by prominent Washington artists, including William Christenberry, Gene Davis, Sam Gilliam, Simmie Knox, and Paul Reed. Examples of African and Asian art are integrated in gallery spaces on both levels. Designed in 1963 by Philip Johnson and Richard Foster, the travertine-clad building sits on five acres and is surrounded by sculpture gardens and terraces.
Spanish artists include Joan Miró and Pablo Picasso
LACMA
Located on the Pacific Rim, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) is the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of more than 147,000 objects that illuminate 6,000 years of artistic expression across the globe. Committed to showcasing a multitude of art histories, LACMA exhibits and interprets works of art from new and unexpected points of view that are informed by the region’s rich cultural heritage and diverse population. LACMA’s spirit of experimentation is reflected in its work with artists, technologists, and thought leaders as well as in its regional, national, and global partnerships to share collections and programs, create pioneering initiatives, and engage new audiences.
Spanish artists include Alonso Cano, Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Jusepe de Ribera, José Leonardo, Master of Osma and Vicente López y Portaña
Meadows Museum
As a division of the Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University (SMU), the Meadows Museum houses one of the largest and most comprehensive collections of Spanish art outside of Spain, with works dating from the 10th to the 21st centuries. The primary collection contains works by renowned painters including El Greco, Velázquez, Ribera, Murillo, Goya, Miró, Sorolla, Dalí and Picasso. Additional highlights include Renaissance-era altarpieces, monumental Baroque canvases, rococo oil sketches, polychrome wood sculptures, Impressionist landscapes, modernist abstractions, a comprehensive collection of the graphic works of Goya, and select sculptures by major twentieth-century masters, including Rodin, Maillol, Giacometti, Moore, Smith, and Oldenburg.
Spanish artists include Anthonis Mor, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Fernando Yáñez de la Almedina, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Jusepe de Ribera, Juan Alonso Villabrille y Ron, Juan de Borgoña, María Blanchard and Mariano Fortuny
Milwaukee Art Museum
Housed in iconic buildings by Santiago Calatrava, Eero Saarinen, and David Kahler on a 24-acre lakefront campus, the Milwaukee Art Museum is Wisconsin’s largest art institution. The collection comprises over 32,000 works, including American painting, sculpture, and decorative arts; conceptual and minimalist art; prints and drawings; European art from the Renaissance through the nineteenth century; and photography and new media.
Spanish artists include Francisco de Zurbarán and Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida
Morgan Library & Museum
Originally established as the personal library of financier, collector, and cultural benefactor Pierpont Morgan in 1906, The Morgan Library & Museum has evolved into a significant cultural institution housing over 350,000 objects. Located in the heart of New York City, the museum and independent research library boasts luminous spaces designed by renowned architect Renzo Piano, connecting three centuries of landmark Morgan architecture.
The collection features original manuscripts by Mozart and Beethoven, along with drawings by masters like Rembrandt and Rubens, as well as contemporary artists such as George Condo and Wangechi Mutu. Additionally, the institution houses unparalleled medieval and Renaissance illuminated manuscripts, a rare Gutenberg Bible, literary artifacts from iconic writers like Twain and Hemingway, and ancient Western Asian sculptures dating back over two millennia. thousand years old.
Spanish artists include Alonso Cano, Anonymous / Unknown, Antonio del Castillo y Saavedra, Antonio Spano, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Eugenio Lucas Velázquez, Francisco de Herrera el Mozo, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jaume Ferrer Bassa, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Jusepe de Ribera, Mariano Salvador Maella, Miguel Barroso, Pedro de Campaña and Vicente Carducho
MSU Broad Art Museum
Opened in 2012, the 46,000-square-foot MSU Broad Art Museum is located at Michigan State University. Designed by the Pritzker Prize-winning architect Zaha Hadid, it was named in honor of Eli and Edythe Broad, long-time supporters of the university and advocates for the arts. The museum, although contemporary, has a large collection of historical works that were inherited from the Kresge Art Museum, MSU’s former art museum, when it closed. This collection includes over 10,000 works and growing and represents a wide array of artistic production from the ancient to the present, across the world, in a variety of media. Significant holdings include Ancient Greek and Roman antiquities, pre-Columbian sculptures and vessels, Medieval and Renaissance illuminations, Old Master paintings, 19th-century American paintings, and 20th-century sculpture by artists like Alexander Calder and Jenny Holzer. The collection also features works by contemporary artists such as Chuck Close and Ann Hamilton. The museum’s focus is on expanding its collection with new modern and contemporary works post-1945.
Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown, Antoni Clavé, Eduardo Chillida, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joan Miró, José Rafael Aragón, Mariano Fortuny, Martín Chirino, Oscar Domínguez, Pablo Picasso, Pedro Antonio Fresquis and Salvador Dalí
National Gallery of Art
The National Gallery of Art serves as a center of visual art, education, and culture. Its collection of more than 150,000 paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, photographs, prints, and drawings spans the history of Western art. For the breadth, scope, and magnitude of its collections, the National Gallery is widely considered to be one of the greatest museums in the U.S., often ranking alongside the Metropolitan Museum of Art and Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the Art Institute of Chicago, and Boston’s Museum of Fine Arts. Of the top three art museums in the United States by annual visitors, it is the only one that has no admission fee. In 2021, it attracted more than 1,700,000 visitors, and ranked fifth on the list of most visited art museums in the world.
Spanish artists include Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Francisco Antonio Ruiz Gijón, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jusepe de Ribera, Juan de Flandes, Juan Gris, Juan van der Hamen y León, Luis Meléndez, Luisa Roldán (La Roldana), Mariano Fortuny and Master of the Catholic Kings
National Museum of Women in the Arts
The National Museum of Women in the Arts (NMWA) is the world’s first museum solely dedicated to championing women through the arts. Through its collections, exhibitions, programs, and online content, the museum fosters discussions about art and ideas. NMWA advocates for better representation of women artists and serves as a vital center for thought leadership, community engagement and social change. By showcasing significant women artists from the past and present, NMWA addresses gender imbalances in art presentation. The collection features diverse works in various mediums by artists such as Rosa Bonheur, Louise Bourgeois, Lalla Essaydi, Lavinia Fontana, Frida Kahlo, Hung Liu, Zanele Muholi, Faith Ringgold, Niki de Saint Phalle, and Amy Sherald.
Spanish artists include Elena Brockmann and Remedios Varo
Norton Simon Museum
The Norton Simon Museum, located in Pasadena, California, is renowned worldwide for its private art collection. Situated just steps away from the Old Pasadena district, known for its shops and restaurants, and only ten miles from downtown Los Angeles, the museum showcases an assortment of European art from the Renaissance to the 20th century, as well as South and Southeast Asian art spanning 2,000 years. Approximately 1,000 works from the permanent collection of 12,000 objects are on view in the Norton Simon Museum’s galleries and sculpture garden throughout the year.
Spanish artists include Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jusepe de Ribera, Juan Gris, Juan Rexach and Pedro Fernando
NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale
Originating in 1958 as the Fort Lauderdale Art Center, The NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is located in a 75,000-square-foot modernist building designed by Edward Larrabee Barnes. The current building was constructed in 1986, with a 10,000-square-foot wing added in 2001. The museum, unlike major museums in nearby Miami and Palm Beach emphasizes contemporary (20th century) projects. Among its 6,200 pieces are a significant collection of ceramics by Pablo Picasso, a collection of contemporary Cuban art representing the contributions of more than 125 artists, and North America’s largest exhibition of work from the Northern European CoBrA avant-garde movement.
Spanish artists include Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Juan Genovés, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí
Philadelphia Museum of Art
The Philadelphia Museum of Art is an art museum originally chartered in 1876 for the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia. The museum administers collections containing over 240,000 objects including major holdings of European, American and Asian origin. The various classes of artwork include sculpture, paintings, prints, drawings, photographs, armor, and decorative arts. Several special exhibitions are held in the museum every year, including touring exhibitions arranged with other museums in the United States and abroad. The attendance figure for the museum was 793,000 in 2017.
Spanish artists include Bartolomé de Castro, Bernat Martorell, Francisco de Zurbarán, Jaume Mateu, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Juan de Juanes, Rodrigo de Osona the Elder and Santiago Rusiñol
RISD Museum
The RISD Museum is part of the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence, Rhode Island. Founded in 1877 alongside the school, it is the 20th largest art museum in the United States. Its collection comprises over 100,000 works of art and design spanning from ancient times to the present. It includes paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, costumes, textiles, and furniture from various parts of the world. More than 1,700 objects are on display in the museum, with over 84,000 accessible online.
Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown, Claudio Coello, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Francisco Collantes, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, John Baptist Medina, Mariano Fortuny and Pablo Picasso
Rollins Museum of Art
The Rollins Museum of Art features rotating exhibitions, ongoing programs, and an extensive permanent collection that spans centuries, from examples of ancient art and artifacts to contemporary art. Open to the public year-round, its holdings include the only European Old Master paintings in the Orlando area, a sizeable American art collection, and a forward-thinking contemporary collection on view both at the Museum and The Alfond Inn at Rollins. In 1981, the Museum became Florida’s first college museum to be accredited by the American Association of Museums (currently the American Alliance of Museums) and continues in 2021 as one of only four AAM-accredited museums in greater Orlando.
Spanish artists include Felipe Vigarny, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes and Jaume Plensa
San Antonio Museum of Art
Housed in the historic Lone Star Brewery on the Museum Reach of San Antonio’s River Walk, The San Antonio Museum of Art serves as a forum to explore and connect with art that spans the world’s geographies, artistic periods, genres, and cultures. Its collection contains nearly 30,000 works representing 5,000 years of history, and is particularly strong in Greek and Roman antiquities, Asian art, and art of the Americas. The Nelson A. Rockefeller Latin American Art wing showcases art from ancient Americas to the present and features a notable collection of pre-Columbian and folk art. In recent years, the Museum has placed particular emphasis on diversifying its contemporary collections to reflect the diversity of voices shaping the trajectory of art. This has included an emphasis on works by women artists, artists of color, and artists from San Antonio and across the state of Texas.
Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown
San Diego Museum of Art
The San Diego Museum of Art has a vast collection of over 32,000 items from around the world, dating back to 3,000 B.C. It is renowned for its American, Asian, European, and Latin American art, but it is particularly famous for its Spanish old master paintings by El Greco, Goya, Ribera, Sanchez Cotán, and Zurbarán. The museum’s collection of Asian art includes some of the most significant pieces, including Ukiyo-e woodblock prints, Buddhist sculpture from China and Japan, and South Asian paintings from Edwin Binney 3rd’s collection. Additionally, the Museum is home to one of the best collections of German Expressionism in the country.
Spanish artists include Alonso Cano, Bartolomé Bermejo, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Ignacio Zuloaga y Zabaleta, Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida, Jusepe de Ribera, Juan de Valdés Leal, Juan Sánchez Cotán, Martín Bernat, Pedro de Mena and Sofonisba Anguissola
Seattle Art Museum
Founded in 1933, The Seattle Art Museum (SAM) is the largest fine art museum in the Pacific Northwest, featuring three locations: the main museum in downtown Seattle, the Seattle Asian Art Museum, and the Olympic Sculpture Park. SAM celebrates the region’s position as a crossroads where east meets west, urban meets natural, and local meets global. Its collection includes over 25,000 artworks from various cultures and historical periods.
Spanish artists include Antonio Palomino, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes and Pablo Picasso
The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens –businessmen and financiers as well as leading artists and thinkers of the day– who wanted to create a museum to bring art and art education to the American people. Today, The Met is the largest art museum in the Americas and the most-visited museum in the United States. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments, covering 5,000 years of art from around the world. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City – The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.
Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jusepe de Ribera, Luisa Roldán (La Roldana) and Pedro de Mena
The Phillips Collection
The Phillips Collection, founded in 1921 by Duncan Phillips, is America’s first museum of modern art. Located in Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle neighborhood, it occupies Phillips’ former home and subsequent additions. The museum houses a growing collection of over 5,000 works, featuring modern and contemporary art from renowned artists such as Renoir, Courbet, El Greco, Van Gogh, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Braque, Bonnard, Klee or Miró. The Phillips Collection is known for its intimate setting and frequently rearranged galleries, offering visitors fresh experiences. In addition to its permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum provides educational programs and maintains a satellite campus called Phillips@THEARC.
Spanish artists include Daniel Canogar, El Greco, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Ismael González de la Serna, Joan Miró, Juan Gris and Pablo Picasso
University of Arizona Museum of Art
The University of Arizona Museum of Art offers a year-round schedule of exhibitions, programming, and events designed to engage diverse audiences, inspire critical dialogue and champion art as essential to our lives. The permanent collection includes masterpieces that span eight centuries and innumerable artistic styles. Highlights include The Altarpiece from Ciudad Rodrigo, The Visitation by the Master of the Catholic Kings, Willem de Kooning’s Woman-Ochre, Jackson Pollock’s Number 20, Mark Rothko’s Green on Blue (Earth-Green and White), and Red Canna by Georgia O’Keeffe.
Spanish artists include Fernando Gallego, Jusepe de Ribera, Juan de Juanes, Maestro Bartolomé and Master of the Catholic Kings
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts (VMFA) in Richmond, Virginia, is one of the largest art museums in the United States. It opened in 1936 and serves as a state agency and privately endowed educational institution. The museum’s purpose is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret art, as well as promote the study of the arts. Through its Office of Statewide Partnerships program, VMFA offers curated exhibitions, audiovisual programs, symposia, lectures, conferences, and workshops by visual and performing artists. Alongside special exhibitions, the museum houses a global art collection spanning over 6,000 years. With nearly 50,000 artworks, VMFA has the distinction of being the only art museum in the United States that is open 365 days a year and offers free general admission.
Spanish artists include Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Blasco de Grañén, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jaume Plensa, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí
Walters Art Museum
Founded in 1934 and located in the heart of Baltimore, The Walters Art Museum holds collections established during the mid-19th century, amassed by the art and sculpture collectors, father and son William Thompson Walters. The museum’s collection spans more than 7 millennia, from 5000 BCE to the 21st century, and encompasses 36,000 objects from around the world, from romantic 19th-century images of French gardens to Ethiopian icons, Qur’ans and Gospel books, ancient Roman sarcophagi, and images of the Buddha. Since its founding, the Walters’ mission has been to bring art and people together to create a place where people of every background can be touched by art. As part of this commitment, admission to the museum and special exhibitions is free.
Spanish artists include Alonso Cano, Alonso Sánchez Coello, Anonymous / Unknown, Eduardo Zamacois y Zabala, El Greco, Mariano Fortuny, Martín Rico y Ortega, Pedro Orrente and Raimundo de Madrazo y Garreta
Yale University Art Gallery
Founded in 1832, the Yale University Art Gallery is the oldest university art museum in the United States. It serves as a vital cultural resource for Yale University, the broader academic community, and the public. With a collection of over 300,000 objects spanning various regions and time periods, the Gallery features around 2600 Spanish artworks including paintings, sculptures, decorative arts, works on paper, photography, and numismatics. Highlights include works by Velázquez, Luis de Morales, Goya, Picasso, Miró, Dalí, José Garcia Ayola, Elena del Rivero, and Joan Fontcuberta.
Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown, Diego Velázquez, Francisco de Burgos Mantilla, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, José Garcia Ayola, Juan de Valdés Leal, Juan Gris, Luis de Morales, Pablo Picasso and Salvador Dalí