Speed Art Museum
Art

Speed Art Museum

Louisville, Kentucky

About

The Speed Art Museum in Louisville is Kentucky's oldest and largest art museum, with a collection of over 13,000 works spanning 6,000 years of art history. Reopened in 2016 after a four-year expansion, the museum's building by wHY Architecture integrates a striking contemporary addition with the original 1927 Neoclassical structure. Its collections range from ancient Egyptian and Greco-Roman artifacts to European Old Masters and contemporary American art.

Highlights & Things Not to Miss

Old Masters Gallery

European paintings from the Renaissance through the 18th century

Contemporary Wing

Major works of postwar and contemporary American art

Ancient Collections

Egyptian, Greek, and Roman artifacts spanning millennia