The Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum or simply known as the Frost Art Museum is a Florida International University museum located on-campus in Miami, Florida. Founded in 1977, The Art Museum at Florida International University (TAM/FIU) started as a student gallery. Since then, it has grown to achieve official recognition as a major cultural institution of the State of Florida for its unprecedented collection of Latin American and 20th century American art, its innovative exhibitions that draw on or enhance the collection, and its unparalleled service to South Florida's diverse audiences. In 1999, the museum received accreditation from the American Association of Museums (AAM). From the community, the Frost Art Museum has earned the accolade "Miami's Best Museum" (South Florida's New Times, 1996, 1994, 1993). It has assumed a central role in the FIU community and in the cultural life of South Florida as a whole through its mission to serve the broadest audience possible and to deliver all programs and services free of charge. Since 1977, the museum has been housed in less than 7,000 interior square feet of Primera Casa, an FIU administration building, located in the heart of the campus. Through its determination to reach "the broadest audience possible," the Frost Art Museum figuratively burst through its walls to create one of the most prestigious outdoor sculpture programs in the United States, with 57 monumental works by the stellar sculptors of contemporary world art.
New Frost Art Museum building
In Fall 2007, the new Frost Art Museum finished construction and is will be officially moved from Primera Casa to the new building by March 2008. The new building encompasses 46,000-square feet at a total construction cost of $17 million. It is built on a lakeside site on the "Avenue of the Arts", a mall that connects the museum, the Wertheim Performing Arts Center and the Management and Advanced Research Center. The Museum houses FIU's permanent art collection, its program of temporary exhibitions and lectures, art scholarship and conservation. A soaring glass entrance atrium leads to a café and a museum shop, destined to become a new hub for campus cultural life.
External links
- The Frost Art Museum - Official website
- Florida International University - Official website
