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Mexic-Arte Museum vs The Blanton Museum of Art
Both are endorsed by professional reviewers writing for major publications. On balance, The Blanton Museum of Art scores significantly better than Mexic-Arte Museum. The Blanton Museum of Art scores 92 with endorsements from 5 sources including Travel + Leisure, Frommer's and Michelin Guide.
Mexic-Arte Museum
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419 Congress Ave., Austin, TX 78701
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Fodor's
"Founded in 1984, this museum is a beguiling, moderate-size museum devoted to traditional and contemporary Mexican and Latino art."
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Travel + Leisure
"Art from South of the Border includes several José Clemente Orozcos and Rufino Tamayos."
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Time Out
"There’s so much more to know about the capital city’s connection to Mexican, Latino and Latin American art and culture, both historical and contemporary. "
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U.S. News & World Report
14.0
"Perched along Congress Avenue, just a couple blocks south of The Driskill, the Mexic-Arte Museum is devoted to the conservation of Mexican and Latin American art and culture."
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Frommer's
"It has a small permanent collection of 20th-century Mexican art, photographs from the Mexican revolution, and a fascinating array of masks from the state of Guerrero."
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The Blanton Museum of Art
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200 E Martin Luther King Jr Blvd at Congress Ave, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78701
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Fodor's
"Formerly the Huntington Art Gallery, this is among the largest university art museums in the United States."
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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). "
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Michelin Guide
2 Stars
"The permanent collection of more than 13,000 works here ranges from ancient to contemporary art."
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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
"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."
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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."
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