Orlando Museum of Art celebrating 100 Years Of Art with New Exhibition featuring the Best of the Museums Collection

Orlando Museum of Arts latest exhibition is celebrating 100 years of art at the museum: 100 Years of Art: The Best of the Orlando Museum of Art’s Permanent Collection

Orlando Museum of Art is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year, and kicking off the celebrations is a new exhibition featuring a selection of the Orlando Museum of Art’s extensive collection, honoring long-term loans, acquisitions and gifts that helped shape the institution’s hundred-year-old identity and legacy.

The exhibition opens on Friday, January 26 with an opening ceremony.

The works, presented in a chronological order, span nearly two hundred years, from 1840 to today, and therefore bear witness to key developments in—primarily—American art from the colonial period to the present. In doing so, the exhibition conveys not only the story of artistic accomplishments, but also stories of the country’s history and culture.

The exhibition also highlights the museum’s history by showcasing works that entered it at various points during its 100-year existence, offering insight into the evolving tastes and values of the institution and its community. For the latest on the museum click here.

Founded in 1924, and incorporated as a 501(c)(3) institution, the Orlando Museum of Art, located at 2416 N. Mills Ave. is Orlando’s flagship museum and a leading provider of visual art education and experiences in a four-county region.

Accredited by the American Alliance of Museums (AAM) in 1971, the Orlando Museum of Art (OM°A) is a regional asset and a catalyst for life-long learning in service to the central Florida community and visitors from around the globe.

The mission of the Orlando Museum of Art (OMA) is to stimulate creativity and intellectual curiosity by connecting people from all backgrounds and experiences with compelling art and new ideas.

Annually, the museum presents about a dozen exhibitions consisting of special and visiting exhibitions, as well as ones curated from the museum’s collections. Each exhibition inspires and is enriched by programs as varied as gallery tours, art appreciation lectures, studio classes for youth and adults, bespoke community access programs designed for special populations, and community events like family days and cultural celebrations. OMA welcomes more than 130,000 visitors annually, and the museum’s education programs serve 16,000 annually.

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