The NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale is an

art museum An art museum or art gallery is a building or space for the display of art, usually from the museum's own collection. It might be in public or private ownership and may be accessible to all or have restrictions in place. Although primarily con ...

in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Originating in 1958 as the ''Fort Lauderdale Art Center'', the museum is now located in an

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building designed by

Edward Larrabee Barnes Edward Larrabee Barnes (April 22, 1915 – September 22, 2004) was an American architect. His work was characterized by the "fusing fModernism with vernacular architecture and understated design." Barnes was best known for his adherence to st ...

. The current building was constructed in 1986, with a wing added in 2001. The main exhibition area comprises ; a sculpture terrace on the second floor adds an additional of space. The museum, unlike major museums in nearby

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and Palm Beach, Florida, emphasizes contemporary (20th century) projects, although the collection includes works from the 19th through to the 21st century. Among its collection of more than 7,500 pieces are a large collection of ceramics and prints by

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, a collection of

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and

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n art representing the contributions of more than 125 artists promised to the museum by Stanley and Pearl Goodman, and North America's largest exhibition of work from the Northern European CoBrA avant-garde movement. Also included in the permanent collection is a significant amount of African and Oceanic Tribal Arts and art of the Americas. The museum's collections are strong in the cultures of South Florida and the Caribbean. The museum partnered with

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in 2008.

Glackens Wing

In 2001, the museum expanded, adding the Glackens wing to house a collection of over 500 works from American realist painter

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. The exhibit is the largest collection of his work in existence, and includes both his oldest known (''Philadelphia Landscape'', 1893) and last completed (''White Rose and Other Flowers'', 1937) paintings.

Tutankhamun exhibit

In December 2005, a traveling exhibit of relics from the tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh

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opened at the Museum of Art. The museum was one of only four venues for this exhibit, touring the United States for the first time in over 25 years. During its four-month run in Fort Lauderdale, over 700,000 tickets were sold.

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Glackens Wing

Tutankhamun exhibit

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