Palmer Museum of Art

Pennsylvania


This eye-catching building houses 11 galleries and a contemporary sculpture garden, making for a fun, free diversionary day trip into the arts. The main collection includes Japanese woodblocks prints, Hudson River School landscapes, and the works of some Florentine Renaissance masters.


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