The Phoenix Art Museum is the largest museum for visual art in the southwest of the United States, with a vast collection of well-regarded works of art dating from the Renaissance to the present. The museum, which can be found in Phoenix, Arizona, has 285,000 square feet (26,500 m2). Along with its extensive collection of more than 18,000 pieces of modern and contemporary art, fashion design, and works by American, Asian, European, Latin American, and Western American artists, the museum also hosts international exhibitions.

Special exhibitions cost a ticket, but general admission is free (pricing may vary). The Phoenix Art Museum, which was founded in 1959 and is situated on the Central Avenue Corridor, can be accessed by purchasing tickets online and skipping the line during busy periods.

The collection, which has more than 20,000 items spread across nine collecting areas, including American and Western American art, Latin American art, Asian art, European art, modern and contemporary art, fashion design, and photography, enriches our community through unmatched access to a wide range of cultures, media, and periods.

Numerous educational activities are available at the museum. The Education Division of the museum's programming is divided by audience and type of learning method to cater to a range of ages and formal and informal learning styles. A nationally competitive internship program is additionally supported by the Education Division. Current undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates with the necessary courses, experience, and background are eligible for internships. Project-based internships are occasionally available, and the program is provided all year round. With a focus on the museum's art collection, the Lemon Art Research Library is a non-circulating research library. More than 40,000 books, journals, artist files, and other materials are included. It is the biggest specialized library for the fine arts in the area. Whenever it is open to the public, it is free.

Every Wednesday from 3 to 7 p.m., the Phoenix Art Museum, which houses the largest collection of traditional and modern art in the Southwest, gives free entry. additionally, on the first Friday of each month from 3 to 9 p.m.

The establishment of the Phoenix Art Center under the aegis of the Federal Art Project of the Works Progress Administration in 1936 marked the next significant development in the neighborhood's artistic scene. Philip C. Curtis, a painter, served as its director. Due to its success, the Civic Center Association was established in 1940. This organization set out to raise money and develop a structure on a 6.5-acre site that had been granted by Adolphus Clay Bartlett's heirs.

The Museum's permanent collection galleries consist of more than 19,000 pieces of American, Asian, European, Latin American, Western American, modern and contemporary art, and fashion design in addition to a yearly schedule of shows. Through the Museum's historic collaboration with the Center for Creative Photography at the University of Arizona, visitors can also take in photography exhibitions. Numerous educational activities are available at the museum. The Education Division of the museum's programming is divided by audience and type of learning method to cater to a range of ages and formal and informal learning styles.

A nationally competitive internship program is additionally supported by the Education Division. Current undergraduates, graduate students, and recent graduates with the necessary courses, experience, and background are eligible for internships. Project-based internships are occasionally available, and the program is provided all year round.

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