San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts, San Angelo, TX

The address of the San Angelo Museum of Fine Arts is 1 Love Street, San Angelo, TX 76903. The museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm and Sunday from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. The museum is closed Mondays, major holidays and in between exhibits. Admission prices are two dollars for adults, children 12 and under are one dollar and senior citizens are one dollar. Members of the Military, Angelo State University and SAISD Students are free. The museum exists to promote the enjoyment and education of art for the visitors and local residents of San Angelo and the Concho Valley.

There are three galleries in the museum with 40 foot ceilings and a multi- purpose room for meetings that can hold up to three hundred people. A large rooftop sculpture building showcases the view of the city. If anyone needs to do research there is a library that can be used by appointment and an education wing that contains classrooms and a ceramic studio. The multi-purpose room and rooftop terrace can be rented for private parties.

Exhibits that have been or may be coming to the museum include: Martele: the Silver of Le Beau Monde that features silver objects that western society enjoyed in the late nineteenth century and early twentieth. Art in Hard Times displays 38 lithographs that several Texas artists produced beginning in the 1930's and continuing into the 1950's. Art and the Animal features ceramic art, Mexico's Master Photographer: Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Russell Lee Photographs, Early Texas Art in the Concho Valley, Madonna as Muse: The Paintings of Rene Alvarado, A Time of Remembrance: Latin American Religious Art, George Ohr Rising: The Emergence of an American Master, Moments in Nature: Paintings by Dixie Friend Gay and Preceding Order and Disorder: The Works of Ken Dixon are a few others exhibits that have been displayed.

Education is an important part of the museum and they feature programs for adults and children. There are Art Thursdays which is an interactive program for children and their families from 2:00 pm to 6:00 pm. Visitors get to create projects in the Education Studio using watercolors, clay and other mediums. Birthday parties can be held at the museum with several options as to the length of the party. A Birthday Binder has many hands on art projects to choose from. A museum staff member will read the book and instruct how to create the project. Parties cost between $70.00 and $90.00 and can host 4 - 15 children for a ninety minute party. Each additional hour is $25.00 and there is a refundable $25.00 deposit upon signing the contract.

Hotels near the museum are the San Angelo Inn, Howard Johnson Inn, Super 8, America's Best Value, Staybridge Suites, Inn of the Conchos, Ramada Limited, Fairfield Inn and Suites, San Angelo Days Inn, Econo Lodge, La Quinta Inn San Angelo Conference Center, Rodeway Inn and Hampton Inn. There are many fast food and fine dining restaurants in the area.