Art Museums and Galleries

Pittsburgh Directories

• Western Pennsylvania Museum Council
  Formerly the Greater Pittsburgh Museum Council.
  An organization of 78 museums, historical sites and societies in 14 Western Pennsylvania counties, the Council provides a directory to the member museums with description, map, contact information, and link to website if one exists. Included are museums in Architecture and the Arts.
• PopCity: Campus Art Galleries: Free, Cool, Waiting for You
  An April 9, 2008, article by Alexis Miller highlighting free art galleries at Pittsburgh universities.

Pittsburgh Museums

• The Andy Warhol Museum
  "The Andy Warhol Museum is essential to the understanding of the most influential American artist of the second half of the 20th century. It is also a primary resource for anyone who wishes to gain insights into contemporary art and popular culture."
• The Carnegie Museum of Art
  the premier museum in the Pittsburgh region, the Carnegie Museum of Art offers a distinguished collection of contemporary art that includes film and video works, works of American art from the late 19th century, French Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings, and European and American decorative arts from the late 17th century to the present.
• Frick Art & Historical Center
  The Frick (Clayton) finally has a website up so that you can check out the latest exhibits and musical offerings, as well as view photographs of some of the historic cars in their Car & Carriage Museum.
• The Mattress Factory
  A museum of contemporary installation art; a research and development lab for artists. As a museum of contemporary art, it commissions new site-specific works, presents them to the widest possible audience, and maintains selected individual installations in a distinctive permanent collection.
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: Mattress Factory celebrates 25 years of the works (12/26/2002)
  • Pittsburgh Post-Gazette: The house that moxie built: Barbara Luderowski and her Mattress Factory (8/18/2002)

Pittsburgh Galleries

• 5151 Penn
  In addition to hosting a variety of art and music events, 5151Penn is available for both short-term and long-term private functions. Friendship.
• Carnegie Mellon University: Regina Gouger Miller Gallery
  The Miller Gallery is three exhibition spaces on different floors of the new Purnell Center for the Arts.
• Concept Gallery
  Concept Gallery, located in the Regent Square neighborhood of Pittsburgh, represents the region's established and emerging artists, and artists of national and international reputation. There is an emphasis on Contemporary Realist painting and historic and industrial images of Pittsburgh.
• Dargate Auction Galleries
  see a schedule of upcoming auctions, auction catalogs, and other information.
• Design Space Pittsburgh
  Located in a reclaimed warehouse in Pittsburgh's historic Strip District, DesignSpace Pittsburgh is a unique gallery displaying exceptionally designed, handcrafted fine furniture and accessories for the home or office, as well as fine art.
• Élan Fine Art Gallery
  Contemporary fine art. Representing established and emerging regional, national and international artists. Paintings, fine-art prints, and sculpture for corporate and private collections, art consulting, and installation. T-Sat, 11am-6pm and by appointment.
• Future Tenant
  Future Tenant is a project of Carnegie Mellon University and The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, located in the heart of the Cultural District. This art space, which features alternative exhibitions and performances by emerging artists from the CMU community and beyond, is managed by a team of students from the Masters of Arts Management program, a joint program of CMU's Heinz School of Public Policy and Management and the College of Fine Arts.
• Garfield Artworks
  Specializing in Pittsburgh artists
• James Gallery
  A gallery in the West End that exhibits and places fine art by regional, national and international artists working in all media --- painting works on paper, sculpture, fiber arts and photography.
• Manchester Craftsmen's Guild
  a multi-cultural arts education and presenting organization which has been providing cultural activities to residents of Western Pennsylvania for the past twenty-seven years. Programming is currently conducted in visual arts, with a focus on ceramic art and photography, and the performing arts with an emphasis on jazz. The Apprenticeship Training Program at Manchester Craftsmen's Guild teaches inner city, public school students the technical and aesthetic elements of ceramic art, computer imaging, drawing and photography while providing guidance and support for students to pursue their long term goals
• Modern Formations Gallery
  4919 Penn Avenue, Garfield (Pittsburgh)
• Monroeville Public Library Gallery Space
  Exhibits featuring local artists.
• Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery
  Morgan Contemporary Glass Gallery is the first Pittsburgh art gallery dedicated to exhibiting contemporary studio glass, focusing on sculpture, goblets, and jewelry in glass and mixed media. Located on Ellsworth Avenue in Shadyside.
• O'Bannon Oriental Carpets
  get descriptions and pictures of different kinds of oriental carpets. Located in Lawrenceville.
• Pittsburgh Center for the Arts
  Explores the edge of contemporary art.
• Photo Antiquities
  A museum dedicated to 19th century photography; vintage photographic images from all over the world.

• Slaughterhouse Gallery
  A Gallery and a Community of Artists on Butler Street in Lawrenceville.
• Society for Contemporary Crafts
  The Society provides a unique opportunity to view works by nationally known artists, learn about the creative process in their gallery and resource center, attend workshops on various arts and crafts, or to purchase quality contemporary craftworks in their store.
• Space Pittsburgh
  The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust opened this new gallery in the Cultural District in February 2004. SPACE values the creation of new works in multi-disciplines, presentation of artwork to the broadest possible audience, inclusion of established and contemporary technologies and the promotion of local artists outside of the region.
• Sweetwater Center for the Arts
  Two galleries for ongoing exhibitions. Located northwest of Pittsburgh in Sewickley.
• University of Pittsburgh: University Art Gallery
  Located on the first floor of the Frick Fine Arts Building, across from the Carnegie Library on Schenley Drive, the admission is free.
• University Art Gallery
  In the Frick Fine Arts Building at the Unversity of Pittsburgh
• Wood Street Galleries
  The Pittsburgh Cultural Trust operates Wood Street Galleries, which features multi-disciplinary artists from all over the world.

Southwestern Pennsylvania

• Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts
  The Hoyt Institute of Fine Arts, located in New Castle, PA, provides people in greater Lawrence and surrounding counties with art classes, exhibitions, concerts, festivals, performances, special events, and other outreach efforts.
• The Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art
  http://www.sama-art.org/
  Operates four facilities in southwestern Pennsylvania: St. Francis College, University of Pittsburgh, Johnstown; Altoona; and Ligonier Valley.
• Westmoreland Museum of American Art
  http://www.wmuseumaa.org/
  Located in Greensburg (east of Pittsburgh), the Westmoreland Museum of American Art concentrates on Pennsylvanian art, with an outstanding collection of works by nationally recognized American artists (over 500 oil paintings and watercolors), and an important collection of Southwestern Pennsylvania artists.

Pennsylvania

• Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
  http://www.pafa.org/
  The Academy's museum is internationally known for its collections of 18th-, 19th-, and 20th-century American paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, and as a study center for the work of Thomas Eakins, Cecilia Beaux, and Robert Motherwell, due to its collections and archival materials.
• Philadelphia Museum of Art
  http://www.philamuseum.org/
  In addition to providing exhibits, the Museum provides education classes for adults and children. Be sure to check out their online Web Projects.
• Philadelphia Public Art
  http://www.philart.net/
  a growing photographic sample of public sculpture in Philadelphia, with (where possible) the sculptor, date, location, and inscriptions for each piece, as well as links to more information about the sculptor or subject on other sites.

Nearby States

• Akron Art Museum
  http://www.akronartmuseum.org/
  Located east of Pittsburgh in Akron, Ohio
• Albright-Knox Art Gallery
  Located in Buffalo, NY
• Butler Institute of American Art
  http://www.butlerart.com/
  Located 75 miles northwest of Pittsburgh in Youngstown, Ohio, the Butler Institute has a collection of regional art that would be of interest to Western Pennsylvanians. In 2000 they opened the brand new Beecher Center for Art & Technology. You can read about it in a Pittsburgh Post-Gazette January 26, 2000 article: "Artistic revolution: Butler Institute embraces the future with Beecher Center"
• The Cleveland Museum of Art
  http://www.clevelandart.org/
  In 2007, the museum is undergoing major renovation.

United States- Directories

• Association of Art Museum Directors
  http://www.aamd.org/
  Within this website are links to the 177 member museums.
• Google Directory: Art Museums
  The museums in each category are displayed in Google Page Rank order. You can also display them alphabetically.

• WWW Virtual Library: Museums in the USA: Art
  370 Listings
• Yahoo! Arts: Museums, Galleries, and Centers
  Links to art museums around the world.

United States - Selected Museums

• American Folk Art Museum
  http://www.folkartmuseum.org/
  Located in New York City, the American Folk Art Museum’s collection of more than 4,000 artworks span three centuries of American visual expression.
• Corcoran Museum and School of Art
  in Washington, DC. City. You'll find information about exhibitions, projects, collections, locations & hours, and a calendar of events.
• Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
• The Getty (Los Angeles)
• Metropolitan Museum of Art - New York
• Museum of Arts & Design
  http://www.madmuseum.org/
  Formerly the American Crafts Museum, the Museum of Arts & Design is dedicated to the collection and exhibition of contemporary objects created in clay, glass, wood, metal and fiber. Located in New York City.
• Museum of Modern Art - New York
• National Gallery of Art - Washington D.C.
  offers information on current and past exhibitions, virtual tours, and data on every item in their collection.
• The Smithsonian Institution
  with links to numerous Washington D.C. museums, research centers, and galleries of art.