NSU Art Museum - Fort Lauderdale

The NSU Art Museum is the leading destination for contemporary and modern art in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Founded in 1958, the Museum is the hub of the South Florida Art Coast, situated in the heart of downtown Fort Lauderdale. Our mission is to provide exceptional opportunities to access, learn, and be inspired by the highest caliber of artistic expression throughout time and from around the world. We hope to engage our audience with diverse exhibitions, dynamic education & public programming, and foster intellectual inquiry into the worldly experience of Art.

NSU Art Museum’s celebrated permanent collection contains more than 7,500 works and is known for its significant collection of Latin American, contemporary art with an emphasis on women, Black and Latinx artists, and African art that spans the 19th to the 21st-century. Among its highlights is the country’s largest collection of 19th and early 20th century paintings and drawings by the American realist William Glackens, the most extensive holding in the U.S. of works by post-World War II, avant-garde CoBrA artists.