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Lowe Art Museum

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At UM campus, small museum showcasing art from ancient & baroque to American, with special events. People often mention museum, visit, glass, time, Miami, great, collection, campus, free, exhibits,


Address

1301 Stanford Dr, Miami, FL 33146

Website

www.lowe.miami.edu

Contact

(305) 284-3535

Rating on Google Maps

4.60 (258 reviews)

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Working Hours

  • Sunday: Closed
  • Monday: Closed
  • Tuesday: Closed
  • Wednesday: 10 AM to 4 PM
  • Thursday: 10 AM to 4 PM
  • Friday: 10 AM to 4 PM
  • Saturday: 10 AM to 4 PM

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  • 5/5 C B. 3 months ago on Google • 68 reviews New
    Amazing little gem of a museum, that is also for free and much bigger than I excepted. Also the university area around is very pretty as well. Lots of nice architecture. The museum it self offers wonderful exhibitions (there is a good mix of everything). The glass ones were my favorite. Stunning and so impressive. I didn’t know that you could blow glass into all those amazing shapes and forms. Would definitely come again if I were to visit the city once more. Absolutely loved it!
    4 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Richard M. 4 months ago on Google • 482 reviews
    Nestled away in the UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI campus is this kool hip free museum with exhibits from all walks of life... mexican modern scultpures and pieces of art from all over the world its a beautiful place thats relaxing. The Exhibits are fanrastic.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Diane V. 1 year ago on Google • 52 reviews
    The museum tour was awesome. Nice to see such a wide variety of artistic creations. My favorites were the glass blown creations and modern colorful paintings that mesmerized the senses. I meditated focusing on many of these images and am grateful for the opportunity. It will be amazing to collaborate with the museum to enhance learning through art for future nursing students.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Andres H. 1 year ago on Google • 42 reviews
    Best museum in the world. They have modern pop stuff, Kaws, Banksy, Andy Worhol, as well as ancient stuff from Africa, Roman empire, and everything in between. It was free, I can't believe this. I've never been to a better museum in my life and I grew up in NYC.
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Marcus M. 4 years ago on Google
    This museum was great and I actually learned a lot! It's located in a great area and if you like museums you will love this one. I went on a date with my girlfriend and she enjoyed herself as well. Be sure to check on Groupon of any deals on this place
    2 people found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Amarilys M. 3 years ago on Google
    They are NOT OPEN! You have to make an appointment via email to go to the museum. Do not show up expecting they are open despite saying they are open on google. You cannot call to make an appointment and they won’t show the displays by walk in if they are empty at that time. They have been closed for many months, yet do not make it clear on google and make it extremely difficult to schedule an appointment.
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  • 4/5 Richard S. 7 months ago on Google • 677 reviews
    Located on the University of Miami campus. We are glass art collectors and wanted to see the Palley Pavilion for Contemporary Glass. A very nice collection of some of the finest glass artists in the world. Most of the museum was closed because they were getting ready for 2 new exhibitions.

  • 5/5 G. 7 months ago on Google • 642 reviews
    The museum is currently exhibiting some really amazing works of art from various Japanese artists and time periods. Along with its impressive permanent collection of glass sculptures, it makes for a very worthwhile visit.

  • 4/5 John T. 4 years ago on Google
    Nice museum on the UM campus. Very diverse but compact collection, something for everyone's taste. Not a must visit for quick trip tourists but every local should visit when they are in the area. Might visit again if I see something new rotating in.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Luisa Lawrence (. 2 years ago on Google
    Great and pleasant place to visit ,very calming and great museum!Parking is tricky,1st DO NOT 🚫 PARK in the Muesem Parking it's not allowed and only for certain people can park there.You can though drop off and park on the street or the garage. depending on what time and what day remember it's smack in the middle of the UM campus! There is a parking garage way across the street from the Museum.Enjoy!😊
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Hunter G. 2 years ago on Google
    It was my first time coming here. It's a small museum with some big-name artists such as Kehinde Wiley, Frank Stella, El Greco, Claude Monet, Filippo Mazzola, and Louise Nevelson. They also have a nice variety of African, American Indian, Italian Renaissance, Japanese or Chinese (I don't remember), and European artwork. The staff and security were very nice too. The tickets were free but they do have a donations box so I recommend dropping some money in if you can. You had to go online and make reservations via their website.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 1/5 Kevin B. 10 months ago on Google
    I’ve been to plenty of museums, but I have never been followed by security before. There were three different guards stalking me and watching my every move. They even told me to not get too close to the glass cases. It was difficult to enjoy the museum under this type of scrutiny.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 4/5 Bouchelle Island Parking, Security & R. 9 months ago on Google
    Great exhibits, active schedule of special events. Love the glass art. Good explained posted, well-done. Ham-handed security laying in wait for anything to complain about. Toxic masculinity on display.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Your Helpful W. 4 years ago on Google
    Thanks to the Miami Dade Public Library System we went for for free to this museum located inside the beautiful University of Miami. The Lowe Art Museum was a very nice experience for us, with impeccable floors, different exhibitions, a friendly staff, wonderful security system and team. I parked across the entrance but I'm glad I asked because the lady told me that I can park for free on the museum's parking lot at the left of the main entrance. They had an exhibition of a Cuban artist plus many more. It was beautiful to guess what type of materials the artist used and then my son checked my guess reading the description. My favorite part was the section of the Native American, where you can see how they survived, lived and worked. Adult entrance fee is $12.5 and if you check in with Yelp you get 50% off that fee. UM staff and students enter for free. My son went back today with a friend since we still had two more tickets and they both liked it.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Christopher L. 1 year ago on Google
    Went to a wonderful art exhibit the little museum is such a beautiful place to visit they have collections as well as exhibits of beautiful art from different parts of the US and the world very much worth a visit check at the website to see what's happening weekly it changes so there's a lot of variety.
    1 person found this review helpful 👍

  • 5/5 Rosa E. 4 months ago on Google • 182 reviews
    Beautiful place UM campus. Great museum.

  • 5/5 Katy D. 1 year ago on Google • 71 reviews
    Admission was free due to a generous benefactor. Very intriguing, thought provoking experience! I thoroughly enjoyed spending time at Lowe Art Museum.

  • 5/5 Krissy H. 2 months ago on Google • 57 reviews New
    Loved the museum. Parts were closed but it was still awesome and the parking is in the garage right across the street. We will definitely return to view the full collection and maybe a workshop.

  • 4/5 Yasmin G. 5 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) I liked the atmosphere and the Native American art section very interesting. In addition, they were all very kind. It does not have a great collection exposed but it is worth walking around its rooms. Some samples of well-preserved art of African origin are also on display. A good cultural experience (Original) Me gustó el ambiente y la sección de arte nativo americano muy interesante. Además, todos fueron muy amables. No tiene una grandísima colección expuesta pero vale la pena darse una vuelta por sus salas. Se exhiben también algunas muestras de arte de origen africano bien conservadas. Una buena experiencia cultural.

  • 5/5 Bradley M. 2 years ago on Google
    Wonderful place!

  • 1/5 Open E. 2 years ago on Google
    You can only visit if you have access to a computer to make an advanced reservation. When you call, there is nobody there to answer the phone and you get caught in to star key loop which constantly repeats itself - shame !

  • 5/5 Jeffrey A. 5 years ago on Google
    This is one of the best curated museums I've been to.

  • 5/5 Charles W. 5 years ago on Google
    Wonderful collection, I was like a child in a candy store.

  • 1/5 Riley T. 2 years ago on Google
    Waste of space on campus. Uninteresting art. Could totally be replaced by classrooms, a theatre, or a food court with only minor renovations.

  • 4/5 Michael L. 5 years ago on Google
    Loved the glass exhibit!

  • 5/5 Lourdes Sampera T. 1 year ago on Google
    We're from out of town on vacation. We asked our local artist cousin which museum to see. He suggested this museum. WOW is all i can say. Incredible temporary art works & permanent works! Definitely recommend for any art aficionados!!!

  • 4/5 Jc L. 5 years ago on Google
    Excellent

  • 3/5 Rita B. 5 years ago on Google
    If you are close to Miami University it's must visit place! But most valuable is amazing glass collection.

  • 5/5 Kernel Q. 5 years ago on Google
    Excellent museum. Pieces are wonderful. Artists used different mediums. Staff is great. Brought my First Graders here and they were so good with them. Kids loved this trip.

  • 5/5 Aaron L. 1 year ago on Google
    A beautiful museum with a wide variety of art pieces. Definitely worth your time.

  • 5/5 Daria K. 1 year ago on Google
    It was truly a surprise: very decent collection for such a small Museum. We ll be back for sure!

  • 5/5 dawn g. 2 years ago on Google
    This was a wonderful surprise! The setting on the university is very 'park' like. There are MANY items on display -we were definitely not expecting the number or the variety! No set fee-donations (please donate!) Friendly staff.

  • 5/5 Ernesto R. 5 years ago on Google
    Fantastic experience! There is so much to see, discuss and learn. Will be going back since we only saw part of the collections. Parking is free on weekends at the garage.

  • 5/5 frank j. 5 years ago on Google
    One of the more extensive and borad collections in Florida. A little Met.

  • 5/5 Sarah B. 1 year ago on Google
    Great museum with a variety of artists and different mediums to see! The museum is one large circle you walk through and it did not disappoint. There was art from many eras including fiber art, sculptures and paintings. Looking forward to visiting again and it was enjoyable to explore the University of Miami campus afterwards as well.

  • 5/5 Debbie H. 1 year ago on Google
    Incredible art collections… the Kress Collection ! Medieval art pieces !! Picasso… Monet ! Traveling Exhibitions! PreColumbian, HandsOn for Children classes Summer Art Camp. Just a jewel of a museum ! Give yourself an entire day!

  • 5/5 Carmen julie O. 11 months ago on Google
    Excellent exhibit. Needs more benches for the public to sit and contemplate. Excellent staff. Kudos to Jill and Stella.

  • 5/5 Tami R. 8 months ago on Google
    We were very impressed with the breath of the exhibits and the way the art is presented. Each piece has its own space to be fully appreciated. The glass art section was my highlight.

  • 1/5 Traci E. 8 months ago on Google
    Extremely rude staff. Most of them follow you around the rooms like they think you're going to steal something or whatnot. The irony is they do it more so in rooms with things I would pass over as junk (I get that art is subjective, but a broom on the floor with the handle leaning against a blank canvas that is not hung straight- really? I thought someone had been sweeping and left it there - no, it was one of the exhibits.) Our children were being perfectly quiet and very well behaved. They wanted to count the angles of a piece (silently in their heads) to see if they came up with the same answer. We told them that was fine. They had their pointer fingers about 3 inches away from themselves in the air while doing so and were at minimum 6 inches at one point and a good foot away the rest of the time from the piece and not 1, but 2 women felt the need to go over to them and tell them not to touch it within 5 seconds of eachother and the second person knew the first had done so. At no point in time had either of them touched anything. One - they know better. Two - my husband and I had our eyes on them at all times. I would have let it go until one of the women proceeded to give my husband and I a dirty look when she walked past again. I said, "Is there a problem?". She says, "There're signs clearly saying not to touch things.". I told her if she was really paying attention, as opposed to carrying on a personal conversation with the other woman bashing whomever they were talking about, (they weren't being quiet and even facing away from them I could hear every word without trying to) then she would know that they weren't touching a damn thing and that we (my husband and I) didn't take our eyes off of them the entire time they were counting the angles until I did just now when you walked in front of me again. She had nothing to say to that. Both of my children were upset by this as they asked why those ladies yelled at them when they didn't do anything wrong. I told them I knew they didn't and not to worry about it as clearly the women had nothing else better to do. I could understand if they were being loud, running around, or actually touching things, but that was not the case at all. They were never more than 3 feet away from my husband or I the entire time. For the majority of the time, they were holding one of our hands so..... My children have been in numerous museums of much higher quality and tours of old estates with priceless antiques. Not once has anyone ever yelled at them or said anything negative to them in any of those other places. The only time someone in a place like that has ever said anything to my husband or I regarding our children it has been to comment on how well behaved they are being. My children are certainly not perfect, but they know very well how to behave in such places as we always make it very clear when we are going into a place where they are not to touch a single thing and we expect perfect behavior while inside places like that. They are so used to it that even in places where there are interactive exhibits and you're supposed to press a button, flip a door, or touch a screen, etc. - they ask us before doing so. Even aside from the rude and annoying staff, this is not a place I would ever again waste my time to go to. There were a couple areas with older Asian pottery and what not that I found interesting ( I like that kind of thing), but aside from that it was time I would have rather spent doing just about anything else.

  • 5/5 Pat D. 2 months ago on Google • 18 reviews New
    We always enjoy our visits to the Lowe. There's nearly always something new, as well as some old favorites.

  • 4/5 Jo W. 4 years ago on Google
    Wonderful experience! Small, but filled with powerful pieces! Parking was an issue along with a couple exhibits being worked on otherwise i would've given a 5. They did charge less due to the exhibits closed.

  • 5/5 Serlian B. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Excellent Museum. Excellent collection and attention. Thanks Lowe-Art Museum (Original) Exelente Museo. Exelente colección y atención. Gracias Lowe-Art Museum

  • 5/5 Simone P. 4 years ago on Google
    Such a great mixture of art and culture!!!!!

  • 5/5 Marcos Roberto Q. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) One of the best museums in Miami .. is located inside the University of Miami in Coral Gables .. and better, it's free. Regardless, it is a must visit. (Original) Um dos melhores museus de Miami.. fica dentro da Universidade de Miami, em Coral Gables.. e melhor, é de graça. independente disso, é uma visita obrigatória.

  • 5/5 Caridad S. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It is a dream place. (Original) Es un lugar de ensueño.

  • 5/5 thierry d. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) A very heterogeneous but very nice little museum, you go from the antique to the contemporary without shouting ... But it does! (Original) Un petit musée très heteroclite mais très sympa, on passe de l'antique au contemporain sans crier garde... Mais ça le fait!

  • 5/5 Eduardo H. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) Beautiful works of art and diversity. (Original) Hermosas obras de arte y diversidad.

  • 4/5 Marcia M. 4 years ago on Google
    I went with a group for my church and the guide was excellent. She's very patient with us. I think her name was a common name but spelled with a y.

  • 5/5 .nelly Rojas R. 4 years ago on Google
    Good

  • 5/5 Zion T. 4 years ago on Google
    Very nice African artifacts collection

  • 5/5 del Castillo D. 4 years ago on Google
    They have a very good art colection

  • 5/5 Alexander O. 3 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) The art collection of the Lowe Museum of the University of Miami (UM) is exquisite and very varied. With works by artists from the 1500's, pieces from the original tribes of the Americas, pieces from Ancient China, in short, a great variety that has no waste. It is a place to go if you are in Florida. Located on the UM campus in Coral Gables with easy access using the Miami Metrorail. (Original) La coleccion de arte del Museo Lowe de la Universidad de Miami (UM) es riquisima y muy variada. Con obras de artistas de los 1500's, piezas de las tribus originarias de Las Americas, piezas de la China Antigua, en fin una gran variedad que no tiene desperdicios. Es un lugar al que hay que ir si estas en la Florida. Ubicado en el campus de la UM en Coral Gables de facil acceso usando el Metrorail de Miami.

  • 5/5 Lisa O. 5 years ago on Google
    Important pieces in their permanent exhibition. Ceramic show, beautifuly presented. Friendly front desk staff. There's a mural in the gallery to the immediate left that, even though it's not completely "finished", it's a jewel. It shows different stages of completion, so we can appreciate "the secret" of the artist's process. A must-see for art majors and art enthusiasts.

  • 5/5 Lien T. 5 years ago on Google
    A beautiful museum in the heart of the University of Miami campus. It's really conveniently located for me, and while I go at least a few times a year, I constantly say I need to go more often. The current glass exhibition (closing Jan 27) is spectacular along with the permanent glass collection in the Palley gallery. All the permanent and temporary collections are impressive, so it's always worth a visit to the Lowe whatever might be on display.

  • 4/5 Vincent W. 5 years ago on Google
    It's a great place to visit is lot of interesting exhibits there. Please visit you enjoy the scenery. Please visit. There Guide's,. And there will show you around.

  • 5/5 Justin W. 5 years ago on Google
    A very special Museum. The present the exhibition is spectacular with glass pieces that one would not have seen before. They're permanent exhibit is also very special and I recommend a lovely hour to spend there

  • 5/5 Scott K. 5 years ago on Google
    Excellent Museum. One must visit into the art galleries for a good experience. Its amongst the great museums in Miami.

  • 5/5 Jolie P. 4 years ago on Google
    Worth the trip! Lots of great masterpieces.

  • 5/5 Pedro M. 7 years ago on Google
    As a student, this is a great addition to campus. The museum has a very nice Egyptian, modern and renaissance collections for its size. It also has a couple of Miro's and they constantly bring new collections.

  • 5/5 Bely R. 4 years ago on Google
    Beautiful plce to see ongoing exhibitions

  • 5/5 Suzanne L. 5 years ago on Google
    Wonderful art museum. Lowe After Dark is a great event!

  • 5/5 Bob L. 5 years ago on Google
    Wonderful day for the kids

  • 5/5 Ana's a. 5 years ago on Google
    Is was one of the experience of my life

  • 5/5 Vadim D. 4 years ago on Google
    Good exposition (this time - Russian avant-garde ). Well planned and maintained museum space.

  • 5/5 nieon 4 years ago on Google
    Beautiful

  • 5/5 DreamEazy 4 years ago on Google
    Great museum. Loved the glass section.

  • 5/5 Raynal S. 4 years ago on Google
    I enjoyed myself at this museum immensely!! If you're a museum lover like myself please pay it a visit.

  • 5/5 Kathryn B. 4 years ago on Google
    Love this place

  • 3/5 Shantia V. 5 years ago on Google
    "Nice place to spend an hour or two.

  • 5/5 Robert L. 4 years ago on Google
    Wonderful day for the kids

  • 5/5 Dan V. 4 years ago on Google
    (Translated by Google) It shows very diverse. From glass objects to art from Asia, it has Renaissance art donated by met, and itinerant samples. I recommend it (Original) Muestra muy diversa. Desde objetos de vidrio hasta arte de Asia, tiene arte renacentista donado por el met, y muestras itinerantes. Lo recomiendo

  • 5/5 Nancy V. 4 years ago on Google
    Beautiful place.

  • 4/5 Kirah G. 4 years ago on Google
    Spacious. Variety. Learnt a little bit in some rooms.

  • 4/5 Jean L. 4 years ago on Google
    Its fun and you learn a lot.

  • 5/5 Susan F. 4 years ago on Google
    Go and discover for yourself

  • 5/5 Evelio G. 4 years ago on Google
    Good picture

  • 5/5 Catrina M. 4 years ago on Google
    So funny we ended up here looking for another museum! But this was a good experience. Small place but interesting exhibits


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Amenities


  • Accessibility
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible entrance
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible restroom
    • ✓️ Wheelchair accessible parking lot

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