Miami Art Museum

The Miami Art Museum offers an art destination for visitors to and residents of Miami. The museum captures the cultural influence of the area and blends North and Latin American styles. Miami has a wide variety of local artists, designers and collectors and the museum brings them all together with collections, exhibits and shows. The exhibits and collections highlight Miami history, as well as the talent of local, national and world-wide artists. The museum seeks to enrich " Miami's cultural climate by fostering visual literacy across all age groups." This is done in many ways, including an education program designed to help students and teachers in grades kindergarten through twelfth learn about art and art history. Programs ncluding the MAM & Schools Program, the MAM in the Neighborhood outreach program and Second Saturdays are Free for Families. The museum operates the MAM Art Caravan program, too, which brings art into the community in locations away from the museum. The museum was founded in 1997 and continues to grow and expand. It will be moving into a new 125,000-square food space in the future, surrounded by a 29-acre park that will be filled with gardens and sculpture. This will also house the Miami Museum of Science and Planetarium, as well as a branch of the Historical Museum of Southern Florida.