Bass Museum

The Bass Museum of Art, located at 2121 Park Avenue in Miami Beach, is an art museum.

It was founded in 1963 by the city of Miami Beach to house the John and Johanna Bass Collection, and it still occupies the old Miami Beach Public Library building. It is regarded as one of the city's most important museums, alongside the University of Miami's Lowe-Art Museum, the Wolfsonian-FIU Museum, the MOCA (Museum of Contemporary Art), and the MAM ( Miami Art Museum ).

The permanent collection focuses on Renaissance and Asian art, containing works by Cornelis van Haarlem, Peter Paul Rubens, Ferdinand Bol, Benjamin West, Armand Guillaumin, Jacob Jordaens, Gerard Seghers, Giovanni Barbagelata, Hans Makart, and an altar by Botticelli and Ghirlandaio.

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ADMISSION

COME SEE US AT THE BASS

Visit The Bass for the best in contemporary art in Miami Beach. Check out our VISITOR FAQ for more information on the museum's health and safety measures, as well as visitor guide

We welcome walk-in visitors. The Bass does not offer timed entry tickets. Purchase your tickets in advance or when you arrive.

Every Third Thursday from 6 - 9 p.m. for Miami Beach Culture Crawl, and every last Sunday of the month for Family Day

enjoy free admission to the museum.

General $15

Seniors (65 and older) $8

Students (with a valid college/university identification)

$8

Youth (7 – 18) (7 – 18)

$8

Children (6 and under) are free.

Members Free

Residents of Miami Beach

We welcome walk-in visitors. The Bass does not offer timed entry tickets. Purchase your tickets in advance or when you arrive. Every Third Thursday from 6 - 9 p.m. for Miami Beach Culture Crawl, and every last Sunday of the month for Family Day, enjoy free admission to the museum.

General $15

Seniors (65 and older) $8

Students (with a valid college/university identification)

$8

Youth (7 – 18) (7 – 18)

$8

Children (6 and under) are free.

Members Free

Residents of Miami Beach and City of Miami Beach employees (with valid ID/proof of residence)

Free

Military personnel on active duty and retired, as well as one guest*

Free

Free for SNAP EBT cardholders and up to three guests**

Persons with disabilities and one caregiver are exempt from the ADA.

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The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium

Toledo Zoo & Aquarium

The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium in Toledo, Ohio, is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) until 2022.  The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium is home to over 10,000 individual animals from 720 different species.  With a strong emphasis on conservation, the Toledo Zoo & Aquarium is currently involved in over 80 species survival programmed. The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium has over 57,000 members and receives over one million visitors per year.

History

1900–1920: Beginnings

The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium is a member of the World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) and is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) until 2022.  Over 10,000 animals from 720 different species live at the Toledo Zoo & Aquarium.  The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium is currently involved in over 80 species survival programmed, with a strong emphasis on conservation.  The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium has over 57,000 members and over a million visitors each year.

2000–current

The Toledo Zoo faced controversy after a female sloth bear died of dehydration in 2000, shortly after celebrating its centennial anniversary. Following an investigation, the FDA fined the zoo and ordered it to implement an animal reporting system to better track any issues involving animal concerns.  The Toledo Zoo debuted the Africa! exhibit in 2001, with a wolf exhibit set to open the following year. By 2003, the Toledo Zoo's breeding programmed had taken off, with sloth bears, elephants, tigers, and other animals being born. The successful birth of the African elephant was historic, as only 12 births had occurred in the United States since 1995.  Anne Baker, the zoo's new director, was hired in 2006.

GET TO KNOW OUR ANIMALS

Your Zoo is home to over 10,000 individual animals from over 720 different species. We participate in over 80 Species Survival Plans that ensure healthy, genetically diverse Zoo populations in an effort to save endangered wildlife. In one visit to the Zoo, you can travel from the tropics to Greenland, from the ocean to the sky, and from the desert to the rain forest.

Aquarium

The Toledo Zoo & Aquarium has one of the most diverse collections of any US zoo-aquarium. The aquarium closed for renovations in October 2012 and reopened in March 2015. The updated aquarium houses 3000+ aquatic animals in 178,000 US gal (670,000 l) of water, including a 90,000 US gal tank (340,000 l). The total volume of water is nearly four times that of the previous aquarium. A large touch tank containing various stingrays and small sharks and a smaller touch tank housing invertebrates such as multiple species of starfish, a wide variety of hermit crabs, horseshoe crabs, and pencil sea urchins are two new additions. The two-and-a-half-year renovations preserved the exterior of the Works Progress Administration era.

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North Carolina Museum of Art

The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) is a museum of fine arts located in Raleigh, North Carolina. It opened in 1956 as the country's first major museum collection formed through state legislation and funding.  The Museum has been a model of enlightened public policy since the initial 1947 appropriation that established its collection, with free admission to the permanent collection. Today, it houses a collection of over 5,000 years of artistic work from antiquity to the present, as well as an amphitheater for outdoor performances and a variety of celebrated exhibitions and public programmed. Over 40 galleries and over a dozen major works of art are housed in the nation's largest museum park, which spans 164 acres (0.66 km2). . The NCMA, one of the most important art museums in the American South, recently completed a major expansion that has received international acclaim for innovative approaches to energy-e efficient design.      

History

The North Carolina State Art Society was founded in 1924 to generate interest in establishing a state art museum.   

The society raised funds in 1928, and 75 paintings were first displayed in a series of temporary art exhibition spaces in Raleigh's Agriculture Building in 1929.  NCMA was relocated to the former Supreme Court building in 1939. The North Carolina legislature appropriated $1 million in 1947 to purchase a collection of artworks for the people of the state. The funds were used to buy 139 European and American works. The appropriation was matched by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation.                     The state's allocation of funds for an art collection in 1947 was the first in the United States.  Former North Carolina First Lady Alice Wilson Broughton helped secure funding for the collection.

Morgan Street Address

W. R. Valentiner became the museum's first director on April 6, 1956, when it opened in the renovated State Highway Division Building on Morgan Street in downtown Raleigh, the state capital.

 

The museum's first curator was Ben Williams.

The museum was separated from the Art Society by the legislature in 1961, and it became a state agency governed jointly by the state and a board of trustees. Ten years later, NCMA was absorbed into the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources.

Park

Art and nature interact at the broad and diverse Museum Park. Find out how you can improve your outdoor experience here.

You are free to roam. You are free to explore. Every aspect of the People's Collection has been redesigned. Except for the cost. Visit the North Carolina Museum of Art and the 164-acre Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park for free.

West Building, which houses the Museum Store as well as the Sip Coffee Bar and Café

Closed from May 29, 2022 through October 7, 2022

Building East

10 a.m.-5 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday

Café East

10 a.m.-4 p.m., Wednesday-Sunday

Mondays, Tuesdays, and select holidays are closed (see below)

Welcome Center and Museum Park

The park is open from sunrise to dark every day, including holidays.

Restrooms at the Welcome Center are open everyday from dawn to dark; dining and shop hours are seasonal, with current hours being Wednesday-Sunday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.

Please be aware that construction is taking place in the southeast corner of the Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park as part of the I-440 enhancement project. The whole project is taking place in the right-of-way, not on Museum Park land. The project is scheduled to be finished in the fall of 2022. If you have any questions, please visit the website of the North Carolina Department of Transportation.

Holiday Gallery Closures

Thanksgiving is on Thursday, November 24th.

Christmas is on Saturday, December 24th and Sunday, December 25th.

Saturday, January 1, 2023: New Year's Day

Easter is on April 9, 2023.

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