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Elisabet Ney Museum vs Harry Ransom Center

Both Harry Ransom Center and Elisabet Ney Museum are recommended by writers. On balance, Elisabet Ney Museum ranks marginally higher than Harry Ransom Center. Elisabet Ney Museum has a TripExpert Score of 82 with recommendations from 4 sources such as Condé Nast Traveler, Lonely Planet and Frommer's.

Elisabet Ney Museum
Elisabet Ney Museum
8 / 10
304 E 44th St, Austin, TX 78751
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Fodor's Fodor's
"The 19th century lives on at this delightfully eccentric museum, where German Romanticism meets the Texas frontier." Full review
Condé Nast Traveler Condé Nast Traveler
"The German portrait sculptor Elisabet Ney made Austin her home in 1892. The studio and home became a museum after her death." Full review
Atlas Obscura Atlas Obscura
"Life's work of sculptor Elisabet Ney remains preserved in her last studio. " Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Completely free and open to the public, the Elisabet Ney Museum is the former studio and portrait collection of namesake Elisabet Ney, a 19th century German sculptor who moved to Austin in 1882." Full review
Frommer's Frommer's
"The works showcased here today are a variety of working studies, including an enormous plaster cast of Lady Macbeth...museum also holds Ney’s collection of studio portraits of European dignitaries" Full review
Harry Ransom Center
Harry Ransom Center
8 / 10
21st and Guadalupe, University of Texas, Austin, TX 78713-7219
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Part of the University of Texas, this is one of the world's greatest collectors and exhibitors of important literary papers and other artifacts related to the arts and humanities." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"The Harry Ransom Center, on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, has an enormous collection of literary manuscripts." Full review
Time Out Time Out
"Past showings comprised pieces ranging from the whimsical artwork of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland to photographer Eli Reed’s intense The Lost Boys of Sudan. " Full review
Afar Magazine Afar Magazine
"Visiting scholars and the public turn to the research center’s wealth of resources and archives to learn about everything from ancient Mexico to the works of great artists and writers." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"The Harry Ransom Center, on the campus of the University of Texas at Austin, has an enormous collection of literary manuscripts." Full review
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