High Museum of Art

Location: 1280 Peachtree Street, N.E., Atlanta
Hours: Tue, Wed, Fri, Sat 10 am-5 pm, Thu 10 am-8pm, Sun 12-5pm
Admission: Adults $15, Students with ID & Seniors (65+) $12, 6 Children 6-17 $10, Children 5 and under FREE

The High Museum of Art is the leading art museum in the Southeastern United States. The Museum has two locations: the Meier-designed main facility is in Atlanta's Midtown arts and business district, and the High Museum of Art Folk Art and Photography Galleries are downtown in the Georgia-Pacific Center.

The Association renamed itself in honor of Mrs. High. By 1955 the Museum had outgrown the High mansion and moved next door to a new, brick, climate-controlled building.

In 1962, 122 Georgia art patrons died in a plane crash during a Museum-sponsored European tour. The Atlanta Arts Alliance was founded in their memory.

The Atlanta Memorial Arts Building, opened in 1968, was built around the Museum's brick building. In 1979, Coca-Cola magnate Robert W. Woodruff offered a challenge grant toward the building of a new facility for the High, and Museum officials exceeded the challenge.

Renowned architect Richard Meier was selected to design the Museum's new home adjacent to the Memorial Arts Building. The High's Meier building opened to great acclaim in 1983 and remains one of Atlanta's architectural icons.

Due to unprecedented growth in exhibitions, community programming, and collections, the Museum has embarked on yet another building expansion program, part of the overall upgrade of the Woodruff Arts Center campus being designed by Renzo Piano. The High's new buildings are scheduled to open in the spring of 2005.