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Location
Best time
Visit on weekday mornings, especially during school breaks, to avoid crowds while experiencing the well-maintained exhibits and architecture at a comfortable pace
Visitor tip
Take advantage of drop-in tours to explore collection highlights and gain deeper context, especially for the Kentucky Artists section and rotating contemporary exhibits
Visitor tip
Make Speed Cinema a priority if you visit—it's one of the few museum theaters of its kind with 142 seats and features curated film programming that complements the art exhibitions
About Speed Art Museum
Large museum with diverse art & events. Spacious art museum featuring classic & modern works, plus special exhibitions in contemporary digs.
Quick Facts
- Type
- Art Museum
- Featured Exhibitions
- Abstract Expressionists: The Women, Native American Art, Contemporary works
- Special Features
- 142-seat Speed Cinema, hands-on creative learning programs, permanent encyclopedic collection
- Membership
- Available
What visitors say
Great art museum with a great variety of genres. However, I was disappointed by the exhibit “Otherworldly Journeys - The Fantastical Worlds of Bosch and Bruegel.” I feel like it was not sufficiently clear in the advertisement and…
I am a supporter of the arts and went to see the Bosch exhibit. However, it's a bit misleading because there were no actual original Bosch pieces, only "artists inspired by Bosch". I think they misrepresented the exhibit. Enjoyed our…
I went to the Brilliant Blooms event and had such a wonderful time. The art museum really put a lot of effort into this event, there were drinks, live jazz music, a bouquet bar and of course the beautiful displays created by local…
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Did You Know?
- Speed Cinema is one of the few museum theaters of its kind with 142 seats, featuring curated film programming
- The museum features a newer building addition that is architecturally significant enough to be described as 'a piece of art all in itself' by visitors
- Speed Art Museum offers hands-on creative learning programs for all ages including workshops in Mosaic Relief Painting and Speed Chat Spots for interactive engagement
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