Bass Museum of Art

Location: 2121 Park Ave., Miami Beach

Hours: Adults $6, Seniors/Students with I.D.$4, For members and children under 6 FREE, second Thu 6 – 9 pm FREE
Admission:  Tue – Sat 10am - 5pm; Sun 11am - 5pm, Second Thu 10am – 9pm.  Closed Mondays and on national holidays

Overview

The purpose of the Bass Museum of Art is to collect, preserve, exhibit, and interpret the visual arts for the residents and visitors of the city, the county, and the region as well as an international community of scholars and art connoisseurs. The museum achieves its purpose by developing and mounting exhibitions from its permanent collection and creating and presenting loan exhibitions from national and international collections, stimulating tourism, and providing an important cultural destination for the City. Essential to this function is the creation of educational programs related to the exhibitions. Central to its mission are the needs of the region's ethnic constituencies, students, and the artistic community.

The Bass Museum of Art was established by agreement in 1963 when the City of Miami Beach accepted the gift of the art collection of John and Johanna Bass upon condition that it would maintain the collection in perpetuity, provide for the exhibition of the collection, and keep it open and available to the public. The museum occupies what was originally the Miami Beach Public Library & Art Center, which was designed in 1930 by Russell Pancoast, a grandson of Miami Beach pioneer John A. Collins.
This was Miami's first public building with an exhibition space for the fine arts, and it was designed to preserve the symmetry of the formal gardens of Collins Park, which had been donated to the City by Collins and laid out in the 1920s. This building is now the centerpiece of the city's historic district and was placed on the National Register in 1978.

Bass Museum Concert and Tea Series
Concert featuring La Corda Ensemble offers an afternoon of French music with works by Debussy, Ravel, and Fauré. Cost: $20 members, $25 nonmembers; includes concert, tea or coffee, a sampling of gourmet tea sandwiches, sweet and savory pastries, fruit, and English cheeses. Advanced reservations by credit card required.

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