The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) is located in Raleigh. Opened in 1956, it housed the first substantial museum collection in the US to be built through state legislation and funding. Since the initial allocation in 1947 that formed its collection, the Museum has been an example of progressive public policy by making its permanent collection freely available to the public at no cost.More than 5,000 years’ worth of art can be seen in its outdoor amphitheater, critically renowned exhibitions, and numerous free public events.The museum has about 40 exhibition halls and over a dozen important works of art on display in its 164-acre (0.66 km2) park. The North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) is one of the best in the South, and its recent expansion, with its use of sustainable materials and processes from around the world, has won widespread acclaim.The museum features works from the Renaissance to the nineteenth century in European painting, as well as Egyptian funerary art, Greek and Roman sculpture and vase painting from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, art from the United States from the eighteenth to the twentieth century, and international contemporary art. The collection features works from a wide range of cultures, including those of Africa, ancient America, pre-Columbian and Oceanian cultures, and even Jewish ceremonial objects.The 164 acres (0.66 km2) of fields, woodlands, and creeks in the Museum Park, as well as the park’s two miles (3 km) of walkways, are home to more than a dozen works of art that were commissioned for the park. The city boasts the highest concentration of museums and galleries on the entire continent. During the warmer months, the Joseph M. Bryan, Jr., Amphitheater is the site of outdoor activities like movies and concerts.The Museum Park features both temporary and permanent works by local and international artists and is an extension of the museum’s contemporary art program. Artists whose work may be seen in the park as of 2010 include Thomas Sayre, Vollis Simpson, Martha Jackson-Jarvis, Ledelle Moe, and Chris Drury, whose Cloud Chamber for the Trees and Sky camera obscura can be found there.The sculptures Large Spindle Piece and Large Standing Figure: Knife Edge by Henry Moore and Three Elements by Ronald Bladen can be found in the gardens around the West Building. Barbara Kruger, who collaborated on the project with the museum’s architects and landscape designers, has a massive sculpture in the amphitheater.
Pullen Park, Raleigh, NC
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