Art

Gibbes Museum of Art

Charleston, South Carolina

About

The Gibbes Museum of Art in Charleston, South Carolina is a premier regional art museum dedicated to American art, with a special emphasis on art connected to the American South and Charleston's rich artistic heritage. Founded in 1905, its collection of over 18,000 works includes important portraits of notable Americans from the colonial period onward, miniature portraits, and a significant collection of contemporary Southern art.

Highlights & Things Not to Miss

Colonial Portraits

Important portraits of notable Americans from the early republic

Miniature Portrait Collection

One of the finest collections of portrait miniatures in the South

Contemporary Southern Art

Works by living artists defining Southern art today