The Norton Museum of Art is open Monday to Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Sunday, 1 to 5 p.m. (Closed Mondays from May through October and on major holidays.) General admission is $8 for adults, $3 for visitors ages 13-21, and free for Members and children under 13. An additional charge may apply for special exhibitions. West Palm Beach residents receive free admission to the permanent collection every Saturday, with proof of residency. Palm Beach County residents receive free admission to the permanent collection the first Saturday of each month, with proof of residency. For additional information, please call (561) 832-5196 or visit www.norton.org.

The Norton Museum of Art is one of the Southeast’s premier art museums—a 67-year-old flagship institution known for the quality of its extensive collections, traveling special exhibitions, and innovative educational programming. Founded in 1941 by Ralph and Elizabeth Norton, the Norton Museum has been recognized for its internationally renowned collection of American, European, Chinese, contemporary art, and photography. Annually, the Norton Museum presents exhibition related lectures, concerts, and programs for children and adults. Shop in the Museum store or enjoy lunch in Café 1451 at the Norton.

The Collections:
The Museum’s expansive collections include European Impressionists and Modern Masters, such as Georges Braque, Paul Gauguin, Henri Matisse, Claude Monet, Pablo Picasso, Camille Pissarro, and Pierre Auguste Renoir are represented. American art from 1900 to the present features works of Stuart Davis, Edward Hopper, John Marin, Robert Motherwell, Georgia O'Keeffe, Andy Warhol, George Bellows and Jackson Pollock. The Museum also owns an extensive collection of works on paper and a rich body of sculpture, which includes examples by Jean Arp, Constantine Brancusi, Pablo Picasso, and Alexander Calder. The Chinese collection offers superb examples of carved jades, bronze vessels, early ceramics, decorated porcelains and Buddhist sculptures. Today’s most revered and history’s most innovative photographers are featured in the Norton Museum’s photography collection from Thomas Demand, Cindy Sherman, Candida Höfer, and Elger Esser to Clarence H. White, Walker Evans, Lewis Hine, and Man Ray.

Café 1451 at the Norton:
Café 1451 at the Norton is open Monday through Saturday, 11:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m., Sunday, 1:00–4:00 p.m. For table reservations please call 561.832.5196 extension 1123. The Café is located in the Norton Museum of Art’s enclosed West Courtyard – a soaring air-conditioned Florida-style space filled with natural light, and palm trees­­. It offers a sophisticated dining experience in a relaxed tropical setting only feet away from a world-renowned art collection and a stunning ceiling installation by Dale Chihuly.

Programming:
The Museum organizes exciting and fun programs year-round to provide audiences with educational and enjoyable family events, lectures, tours, musical performances, workshops and more, related to the art on view in special exhibitions and the collection.


Exhibitions:

Beyond the Figure: Abstract Sculpture in the Norton Collection
Organized by the Norton Museum of Art
June 5–September 5, 2010

Dinotopia: The Fantastical Art of James Gurney
June 5–September 5, 2010

On the Silk Road and High Seas: Chinese Ceramics, Culture and Commerce
August 21–November 28, 2010