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Travel Holiday's Best Art Museums in America

Travel Holiday (now defunct) magazine published this list in November 2000. It rated the museums on the collection, display, building, shopping, food and "fun factor," with the weight going to the collection itself. It has proven to be a very good tool.
1. National Gallery of Art 8 people
United States > District of Columbia > Washington, D.C. > The Mall
  
2. The Menil Collection 5 people
United States > Texas > Harris County > Houston > Montrose
  
3. The Frick Collection 9 people
United States > New York State > New York City > Manhattan > Upper East Side
  
4. American Visionary Arts Museum 18 people
United States > Maryland > Baltimore
  
5. Museum Of Modern Art 283 people
United States > New York State > New York City > Manhattan > Midtown
  
6. Denver Art Museum 13 people
United States > Colorado > Denver
  
7. Museum Of Fine Arts 31 people
United States > Massachusetts > Boston > Roxbury
  
8. Metropolitan Museum Of Art 250 people
United States > New York State > New York City > Manhattan > Upper East Side > Museum Mile
  
9. San Francisco Museum Of Modern Art 33 people
United States > California > San Francisco > South of Market
  
10. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum 17 people
United States > Massachusetts > Boston > Downtown > Fenway Kenmore
  
11. Norton Simon Museum 3 people
United States > California > Los Angeles County > Pasadena
  
12. Art Institute of Chicago 73 people
United States > Illinois > Chicago > Downtown > The Loop > Grant Park
  
13. Smithsonian Institution 204 people
United States > District of Columbia > Washington, D.C. > The Mall
  
14. The Phillips Collection
United States > District of Columbia > Washington, D.C.
  
15. Getty Museum 95 people
United States > California > Los Angeles County > Los Angeles
  
16. Nelson-Atkins Museum 2 people
United States > Missouri > Kansas City > Midtown
  
17. Carnegie Museum Of Art 2 people
United States > Pennsylvania > Allegheny County > Pittsburgh > Oakland
  
18. Philadelphia Museum of Art 28 people
United States > Pennsylvania > Philadelphia > Center City > Museum District
  
19. Baltimore Museum of Art 3 people
United States > Maryland > Baltimore > Charles Village
  
20. Dallas Museum Of Art 16 people
United States > Texas > Dallas County > Dallas > Downtown > Arts District
  
21. Museum Of Fine Arts 5 people
United States > Texas > Harris County > Houston > Museum District
  
22. Detroit Institute Of Arts 2 people
United States > Michigan > Lower Peninsula > Wayne County > Detroit > North Side > Midtown > Cultural Center Historic District
  
23. Saint Louis Art Museum 5 people
United States > Missouri > St. Louis
  
24. Los Angeles County Museum of Art 24 people
United States > California > Los Angeles County > Los Angeles > Miracle Mile
  
25. Cleveland Museum Of Art 2 people
United States > Ohio > Cleveland > University Circle
  
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Created by jriekse on Jul 23, 2006.