North Carolina Museum of Art

The permanent collection contains an AWESOME modern art portion and it is free to the public. Highly recommend checking it out if you're in Raleigh.

Recently went and saw the Da Vinci and MC Escher exhibits . Amazing! The regular collection includes some fascinating Ancient Greek, Roman, and Egyptian pieces.

Light is essential to the ever-changing experience of the new museum . In the Classical Court, Roman marble sculptures bask in the morning sun. Openings in the ceiling allow the light to be adjusted. Read more

The special exhibits require paying for tickets. The rest of the museum only needs a small donation of $3. Don't forget to have lunch in the Iris Restaurant and then take a walk on the grounds .

The permanent collections , exhibits , and even outdoor space are all wonderful. You can spend a whole day here.

The trails are so cool because of the outdoor art around the trails . There is also a cool amphitheatre and now there are two wings to the museum .

Very modern building with an open concept. It’s great for viewing all the different periods of art . Save some time to wander the grounds!

A wonderful museum to look at the art and a great campus to walk around on when it's nice outside.

Outside cinema in the summer, walk with outside sculpture and enjoy a great museum .

Love the nature trails , the cloud room, the walking bridge in the Greenway, the outdoor art , the indoor art .

If you're not too tired from viewing the exhibits , I'd recommend taking a stroll around the grounds.

Depending on the types of art that interest you, there appears to be a little of everything. Including a little walking trail . Good for a couple hours.

They host interesting, solid events (movie series). Their grounds are beautiful and are themselves interesting to look at and explore--and they're free!

Wonderful architecture and stunning modern art as well as classical and Egyptian.

The first publicly funded art museum in the US got an artful makeover in 2010. View over 30 Rodin sculptures , catch a traveling exhibit and explore their great outdoor spaces .

So much to see and beautiful grounds! Special exhibits were great.

The new West Building by Architects Phifer & Partners is a pleasure to experience art in.

Very good, I like

Make sure to use the cell phone tour - with audio wand, calling or downloading from website - great insight and one of my favorites!

Make sure to spend some time outside to see the big sculptures

Beautiful interior spaces, great event calendar, and lovely sculpture park .

Great permanent collection , amazing special exhibits . Not bad, NC.

It's free, and there's lots of great pieces here. What more could you ask for?

The Chiseled and Forged temporary exhibit is fantastic.

The collection here is pretty good. I love the outdoor spaces .

The flowers and butterflies that form a jet in the atrium of the old museum building is among my favorite pieces of art ever.

Thanks to the Goodnight's for giving Raleigh and NC an art museum it can be very proud of.

Grab a glass of wine (or two) and enjoy Art in the Evening on Friday nights from 5:30-8:00 next to Iris. Live music !

If sitting on the lawn for a concert , get here early enough to stake out some space for your chair, and bring snacks !

New part doesn't look like much from the outside but the atypical layout does wonders for displaying the art . Don't miss the bamboo outside!

Become a member and enjoy all the perks.

Great docent tours - try many!

Gotta check out the trails around the property. You'll find hidden art and get a great exercise. The bridge across 440 is fun too.

Get here early or this is all you'll see!

Make sure to use the cell phone tour - with audio wand, calling or downloading from website - great insight and one of my favorites! Read more

Movie nights during the summer are the best here!

After the Mona Lisa 2 by Devorah Sperber is hands-down the coolest thing in the museum !

Everything

Nice miseum

Decent museum . Too much security walking around, causes it to lose the relaxed atmosphere you would expect to have at an art museum . I do understand the need though. Not enough parking .

Excellent exhibits

Go to the info desk at 1:30 for a docent lead tour , you might get me as your tourguide!

We are surprisingly lovers of art !

Membership is cheap . Check out the Audubon display!

Rodin Sculptures .

Hiking here is like an art scavenger hunt

Best Rodin Collection outside of NYC & LA

Best Rodin collection outside of NYC & LA

Walk to the Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky in the Museum Park and check out the camera obscura effect inside. Read more

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