miamicountymuseum.org

Right across the way from where the TV cameras are set up each year for the Rose Parade. So many millions of people view the front of the museum each year as they watch the Rose Parade. What many of these spectators don’t know is that “The Norton Simon Museum of Art holds one of the Earth’s best and most distinguished personal collections of Western European, Yank and Asian art.” The collection, which includes works by Van Gogh, Picasso, Rembrandt, Rodin and Fragonard is composed of over one thousand works, including paintings, etchings (by Rembrandt, Goya, and so on…), sculptures, footage (Ansel Adams) and other mediums spanning a period of over two thousand years. The museum provides both personal tours and monthly free public tours of their collection conducted by Museum Teachers. The museum’s store features a huge choice of books on Yank, Asian and EU art with posters, prints, slides and stationery products as well as books on photography, gardens and design. The museum is closed on Tuesdays, New Year’s Day, Thanksgiving and Yuletide. Its hours are 12:00 12 p.m. – 9:00pm on Fridays and 12:00 midday – 6:00pm all of the days. Admission costs are adults $8.00, seniors $4.00 and patrons under 18 years of age, scholars with valid id and museum members free.