Lowe Art Museum, Miami

The Lowe Art Museum is an art museum located in Coral Gables, Florida, a Miami suburb in Miami-Dade County. The museum is run and operated by the University of Miami and opened in 1950. The museum has an extensive collection of art with permanent collections in Greco-Roman antiquities, Renaissance, Baroque, 17th- and 19th-century European art, 19th-century American art, modern art. The museum's national and international works come from Latin America, Africa, Asia, Native America, Ancient Americas, and the Pacific Islands. It also has a large collection of glassworks including creations by Arneson, Jun Kaneko ("Dango"), and Christine Federighi ("Globe").

The permanent collection includes works by: Lippo Vanni, Sano di Pietro, Lorenzo di Bicci, Lorenzo di Credi, Vincenzo Catena, Francesco Bacchiacca, Bernardino Fungai, Adrian Isenbrandt, Jacob Jordaens, Jusepe de Ribera, El Greco, Francisco Goya, Thomas Gainsborough, Gaugin, Claude Monet, Alfred Sisley, Frank Stella, Knox Martin, and Duane Hanson. The Lowe Art Museum is served by the Miami Metrorail at the University Station.

Why You Should Visit:
With most museums focusing on contemporary art, this one shows a bit of everything.
Good Native American, African, Asian, pre-Columbian collections. Good painting and photography collections, too.
The glass art gallery is a beautiful wing with the many pieces of glass presented in an outstanding way.