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Elisabet Ney Museum vs The Blanton Museum of Art

Both The Blanton Museum of Art and Elisabet Ney Museum are highly recommended by those who travel for a living. On balance, The Blanton Museum of Art scores significantly better than Elisabet Ney Museum. The Blanton Museum of Art has a TripExpert Score of 92 with endorsements from 5 reviewers such as Fodor's, Michelin Guide and Travel + Leisure.

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
The Blanton Museum of Art
The Blanton Museum of Art
9 / 10
200 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd at Congress Ave, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78701
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Fodor's Fodor's
"Formerly the Huntington Art Gallery, this is among the largest university art museums in the United States." Full review
Travel + Leisure Travel + Leisure
"The permanent collection includes works by Romare Bearden, Mark Rothko and Thomas Hart Benton. Don’t miss Luis Jimenez’s massive sculpture Progress II (actually, it’s hard to miss). " Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"The permanent collection of more than 13,000 works here ranges from ancient to contemporary art." Full review
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An original 15C Gutenberg Bible, one of the few copies in the US, is displayed on the ground floor of the Ransom Center.
Time Out Time Out
"As one of the “foremost university art museums in the country … [with] one of the largest and most comprehensive” permanent collections of art in Central Texas." Full review
Michelin Guide Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"The permanent collection of more than 18,000 works ranges from ancient to contemporary art, covering a variety of themes and periods." Full review
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