Museums

The Huntington

The Huntington Art Museum features British, European, American, and Asian art spanning more than 500 years and includes more than 45,000 objects. Decorative arts, folk art, paintings, prints, drawings, photography, and sculpture are showcased in the Huntington Art Gallery, the original home of Henry E. and Arabella Huntington, as well as in the Virginia Steele Scott Galleries of American Art. Both buildings also feature smaller, temporary exhibitions that highlight masterworks from the collection or connect The Huntington’s historic works with contemporary artistic practices.

The European collection, primarily 18th and 19th-century British and French art, features works like Gainsborough’s The Blue Boy and Lawrence’s Pinkie, alongside Italian and Northern Renaissance pieces. The American art collection, started in 1979 and significantly expanded in 2009, showcases art from the 17th to mid-20th century, including pieces by Mary Cassatt, Edward Hopper and Andy Warhol.

Spanish artists include Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art was founded in 1870 by a group of American citizens –businessmen and financiers as well as leading artists and thinkers of the day– who wanted to create a museum to bring art and art education to the American people. Today, The Met is the largest art museum in the Americas and the most-visited museum in the United States. Its permanent collection contains over two million works, divided among 17 curatorial departments, covering 5,000 years of art from around the world. The Museum lives in two iconic sites in New York City – The Met Fifth Avenue and The Met Cloisters. Millions of people also take part in The Met experience online.

Spanish artists include Anonymous / Unknown, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Diego Velázquez, El Greco, Francisco de Zurbarán, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Jusepe de Ribera, Luisa Roldán (La Roldana) and Pedro de Mena

The Phillips Collection

The Phillips Collection, founded in 1921 by Duncan Phillips, is America’s first museum of modern art. Located in Washington D.C.’s Dupont Circle neighborhood, it occupies Phillips’ former home and subsequent additions. The museum houses a growing collection of over 5,000 works, featuring modern and contemporary art from renowned artists such as Renoir, Courbet, El Greco, Van Gogh, Matisse, Monet, Picasso, Braque, Bonnard, Klee or Miró. The Phillips Collection is known for its intimate setting and frequently rearranged galleries, offering visitors fresh experiences. In addition to its permanent collection and special exhibitions, the museum provides educational programs and maintains a satellite campus called Phillips@THEARC.

Spanish artists include Daniel Canogar, El Greco, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes, Ismael González de la Serna, Joan Miró, Juan Gris and Pablo Picasso