Academy Art Museum

We went to the museum because we happened to be in town on a Wednesday when the entrance was free. The primary attraction for me was the wood art in the front of the museum. Apparently this new installation is comprised of pieces that you can not only buy, but touch. It almost feels wrong to touch anything in a museum, but I highly encourage it in this case.
The beautiful wood carvings of furniture, art, and sculpture are so sensuous to both the eye and touch. Check out the artist’s signature and embedded pennies on the underside of the pieces for fun.
The rest of the museum has some landscapes as part of the permanent collection and had some various etchings and paintings of other media. I was less excited by them, but that is just my personal preference. The building also houses spaces for performing arts, an dance studio, and a ceramics studio for the community which is great.