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The third largest museum in Texas is the Blanton Museum of Art. It is, in fact, the largest university art museum in the country. Located across the Bob Bullock Texas History Museum in Austin, Blanton Museum of Art has collections that are distinct and at the same time wide-ranging. The collections give visitors a virtual tour across the globe and across the centuries in just couple of steps! The Blanton Museum of Art is home to one of the longest held and largest collections of Latin American art in the country.
Activities in Blanton Museum of Art
Blanton Museum of Art is one of the happening places in Austin. It has a wide array of offerings for its visitors. If you stop by and enter, you are definite to have endless hours of pleasure, entertainment and knowledge about art and literature. The popular exhibitions of Blanton Museum of Art include:
- American Museum
- European Museum
- European Prints and Drawings
Public Programs at the Blanton Museum of Art
Besides, there are various public programs for entertainment. You can get the information on time and dates at the calendar of the museum. Indeed, the programs are free to its members. On the other hand, non-members are not charged extra for it. The fee is included in the admission fee to the museum. The varied programs include:
Public Tours: The museum organizes public tours for its members. This is a theme based journey on the collection and exhibitions. There is a ‘B Scene’, which is monthly art party; Art Fix, which is short program on art making, music, lifestyle, writing on literary topics; Artistic Licence, which offers opportunity to converse with the Blanton artists and Bach Cantata Project. This provides you the serene environment to listen to the beautiful music in Blanton’s atrium.
Gallery Talks and Lectures: in this program the curators, critics and art historians offer weekly talks to their visitors.
Classes and Workshops: this is a very informative program for the visitors. It provides in depth view of the museums displays and exhibitions. Sometimes, the current historical and literary issues are also discussed, which give all the art loves a chance to understand as well as interpret the different aspects of literature.
Classes and Workshops: this is a very informative program for the visitors. It provides in depth view of the museums displays and exhibitions. Sometimes, the current historical and literary issues are also discussed, which give all the art loves a chance to understand as well as interpret the different aspects of literature.
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