by Norman A. Rubin

Created on: November 16, 2010   Last Updated: November 17, 2010

A Guide to Art Museums in the USA

A question asked by all as to what is Art - whether Art can be defined is a matter of controversy. There are varied definitions to the meaning of Art. According to Wikipedia Online Encyclopedia – "Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging symbolic elements in a way that influences and affects the senses, emotions, and/ or intellect. It encompasses a diverse range of human activities, creations, and modes of expression." (

http://www.wordiq.com/definition/Art)''. There are no definite limits to what can or cannot be called art; in the end it is up to the audience to define art by their own emotions.  Having a list of art terms definitions can help you have a greater appreciation for artists and their work as you visit an art museum.

1) The Andy Wharhol Museum (9117 Sandusky Street Pittsburgh, PA 15212) - The museum is a vital forum in which diverse audiences of artists, scholars and the general public are stimulated through creative interaction with the work of art and life of Andy Warhol. For more information on the museum visit their website – ww.warhol.org

2)  National Gallery of Art part of the Smithsonian Institution – National Gallery Of Art Sculpture Garden. (4th and Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20565)  The museum is  a treasure trove, housing one of the world's foremost collections of Western paintings, sculpture, and graphic arts, from the Middle Ages into the 21st century,  http://www.nga.gov/xio/phone.shtm#address

3)  Museum of Fine Arts – (465 Huntington Avenue, Boston, 02115, MA, USA) - The traditional art museum is Boston's oldest, largest and best-known art institution. It is home to around 200 galleries of paintings and sculptures. The museum is one of the most comprehensive art museums in the world; the collection encompasses nearly 450,000 works of art from ancient Egyptian to contemporary art form of this century.  The most famous works in the museum are by artists Monet, Van Gogh, Picasso and Rembrandt, amongst others. http://www.mfa.org/  4)

4) Metropolitan Museum of Art – located above New York City's Central Park along Fifth Avenue (from 80th to 84th Streets). The Metropolitan Museum of Art is probably one of the world's largest and finest art museums. Its vast collections include more than two million works of art spanning five thousand years of world culture, from prehistory to the present and from

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