Experts' Choice Award North Carolina Museum Of Art
What the experts agree on
NCMA pairs a wide-ranging permanent collection—ancient to contemporary, European to African and Judaic art—with an outdoor sculpture park and trails, plus acclaimed architecture and rotating exhibits.
“When the weather is nice there are several miles of trails with outdoor sculpture and other art pieces to explore.”
– Afar Magazine
Frommer's "This museum houses a major collection of European paintings, plus American, 20th-century, ancient, African, Oceanic, and Judaic exhibits." Full review
Lonely Planet Top Choice
"Worth the trip for the building alone – the light-filled glass-and-anodized-steel West Building won praise from architecture critics nationwide when it opened in 2010." Full review
Where "Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, which extends art outdoors — across the park’s fields and throughout its paved trail." Full review
Fodor's "On the west side of Raleigh, the NCMA houses 5,000 years of artistic heritage, including one of the nation's largest collections of Jewish ceremonial art." Full review
U.S. News & World Report4.0
"Visitors also highly praise the museum's rotating exhibits, the lovely sculpture garden and the interesting tours and events. The museum's restaurant, Iris, is also an artful place too
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Lonely Planet Top Choice
"This superb museum stands 6 miles west of downtown. Ranging far and wide, from ancient Egypt to modern Africa, its permanent collection includes works credited to Giotto and Botticelli." Full review
New York Times "One segment of the Cital Area Greenway system, an urban trail network with more than 100 miles of paths, cuts through the sculpture park at the North Carolina Museum of Art, which remains..."
National Geographic
