Bass Museum

Bass Museum

Infobox Museum
name= Bass Museum


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established= 1963
location= 2121 Park Avenue
Miami Beach, Florida, United States
type= Art museum
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director= Gary Farmer
curator= Ruth Grim
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website= [http://www.bassmuseum.org/ Bass Museum]

The Bass Museum is an art museum located in Miami Beach, Florida in the United States located at 2121 Park Avenue. The museum specializes in art from around the world from the Renaissance to modern art. The Bass Museum was founded in 1963 by the City of Miami Beach from a private donation and occupies the 1930's Miami Beach Public Library and Art Center. It is regarded as one of Miami's best museums for ancient art alongside the Lowe Art Museum and the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum.

The Museum creates and presents borrowed exhibitions from national and international collections in order to stimulate tourism and provide an important cultural destination for Miami Beach. Collection highlights include Contemporary art, 19th Century paintings, and Asian art. citation | title= Bass Museum: About | publisher=ARTINFO | year=2008 | url= http://www.artinfo.com/galleryguide/19795/6336/about/bass-museum-of-art-miami-beach/ | accessdate=2008-07-28 ]

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External links

* [http://www.bassmuseum.org/ Official website]


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