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"Pinch" --- The Giant Golden Hand art installation by Adam Kurtzman outside the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Maryland, USA.

Visiting the American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore: Practical guide with hours, prices & tips

The American Visionary Art Museum, known as AVAM, is Congress's designated national museum for self-taught and intuitive art, on Baltimore's Inner Harbor at the base of Federal Hill. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. This guide…

The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, Austria.

Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna: practical guide for first-time visitors

The Kunsthistorisches Museum is one of the world's leading art museums, holding the Habsburg dynasty's collections from five millennia in central Vienna. This guide was updated in July 2026. Some ticket resale sites list adult admission as high as €39, but the official adult price…

Museo Carmen Thyssen, Malaga: practical guide for first-time visitors

Museo Carmen Thyssen Málaga houses Carmen Thyssen-Bornemisza's private collection of Spanish and Andalusian painting inside a restored 16th-century palace. This guide was updated in July 2026. The general ticket now costs €12, higher than the €10 to €11 that several recent guides still quote, and…

Museo Lázaro Galdiano, Madrid: practical guide for first-time visitors

Museo Lázaro Galdiano is a house-museum in Madrid's Salamanca district, built around the private art collection of publisher and collector José Lázaro Galdiano. This guide was updated in July 2026. General admission is now €8, up from the €7 that some older guides still quote,…

Visiting the National Gallery Singapore: Practical guide with hours, prices & tips

The National Gallery Singapore is a visual arts museum housed in the former Supreme Court and City Hall buildings, in Singapore's Civic District. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. This guide was last updated in July…

Visiting the Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach: Practical guide for first-timers

The Long Beach Museum of Art (LBMA Ocean) is an art museum in a 1911 craftsman house on Ocean Boulevard in Long Beach, California, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. It was…

Visiting Cadillac Ranch, Amarillo, Texas: Practical guide for first-timers

Cadillac Ranch is a free public art installation on a private pasture off Interstate 40 on the western edge of Amarillo, Texas, consisting of ten Cadillacs buried nose-first in the ground. This guide covers opening hours, admission, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips.…

The Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California.

Visiting the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles: Practical guide for first-timers

The Hammer Museum is a free contemporary art museum on the UCLA campus in Westwood, Los Angeles, California. This guide covers opening hours, ticket prices, transport and parking, accessibility, and practical visitor tips. It was last checked in June 2026, when current exhibitions included Several…

Visiting Portland Art Museum, Oregon: practical guide for first-time visitors

Portland Art Museum reopened its transformed campus on 20 November 2025, after a $116 million capital project added 100,000 square feet of new and upgraded space. The centrepiece is the new Mark Rothko Pavilion, named for the artist who grew up in Portland. This guide…

Visiting Signal Space, Prague: practical guide for first-time visitors

Signal Space is a large digital art gallery inside the historic Old Town Market Hall in central Prague. This guide was updated in June 2026. Every ticket now includes a second exhibition, Dream On! Where It All Began, which traces the origins of the Signal…