Des Moines Art Center - Des Moines Art Museum

Address: 4700 GRAND AVE. DES MOINES, IA 50312-2099
Phone: +1 515 277 4405
Email: informationdesk@desmoinesartcenter.org
Website:www.desmoinesartcenter.org

Average Rating	5.0	4+ reviews from 2 sources
Yelp	5.0	1+ reviews
Yahoo! Travel	5.0	3+ reviews

Des Moines Art Center

4700 GRAND AVE. DES MOINES
IA 50312-2099

Des Moines Art Center Details

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Recognized by international art critics as a world-class museum in the heart of the Midwest, the Des Moines Art Center has amassed an important collection with a major emphasis on contemporary art. - The collections overriding principle is a representation ... more on MuseumStuff.com
This internationally acclaimed museum houses impressive works by artists of the 19th and 20th centuries, including Edward Hopper, Georgia O'Keefe and Henri Matisse. The center, which also offers art classes, consists of three buildings, each ... more on TripAdvisor
works of the 19th and 20th century, museum shop and restaurant. more on Yahoo! Travel
Recognized by international art critics as a world-class museum in the heart of the Midwest, the Des Moines Art Center has amassed an important collection ... more on Desmoinesartcenter.org

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5.0

A prize

(October 05, 2009 00:00)

I'm not a student of art; my son is currently studying at the Kansas City Art Institute so we try to visit various museums when we can. We recently visited the Des Moines Art Center and thoroughly enjoyed the displays and setting. My son was very surprised by the quality and variety of the displa... By rustyia, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

5.0

Lunch and Art

A great place to meet for lunch. The museum is also free--donations are nice--and a great gift shop, showcasing local pottery. Has a wonderful reflecting pool. The museum has three additions ... shelby1, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor

5.0

Michael W. 's review

Criminally overlooked. The DMAC is an amazing art museum, both in terms of their collection AND as a building. The focus of their collection is modern ... a user of yelp.com. Read full review on Yelp

5.0

Not your average museum!

(November 05, 2004 00:00)

The Des Moines Art Center is not like most museums you may have been led to before. The center faetures artwork, but unlike most, the Art Center is a piece of art in itself. It was built in the 1940's by three incredible architects. The museum features several permanent pieces, but it is the e... By Emily from Bloomington, MN, a user of Yahoo! Travel. Read full review on Yahoo! Travel

5.0

A pleasant surprise!

Happened upon the Des Moines Art Center while in that city conducting business. What a pleasant surprise and well kept secret! The building architecture is world class as are the exhibits. The setting is very intimate and quite refreshing, not at all like a stuffy big city museum. ... A TripAdvisor Member, a user of Tripadvisor. Read full review on TripAdvisor