Amon Carter Museum of American Art
Art

Amon Carter Museum of American Art

Fort Worth, Texas

About

The Amon Carter Museum of American Art in Fort Worth, Texas is one of the leading museums of American art in the United States, with a collection of approximately 50,000 objects. Founded in 1961 by newspaper publisher Amon G. Carter Sr., the museum is particularly celebrated for its extraordinary photography collection — one of the most significant in the country — as well as its collection of Western American art and paintings by Frederic Remington and Charles Russell.

Highlights & Things Not to Miss

Photography Collection

One of the most significant photography collections in the United States

Western Art

Frederic Remington, Charles Russell, and the art of the American West

Philip Johnson Building

The original 1961 building and its later expansions by Philip Johnson