Based at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Ackland Art Museum is a museum and academic unit of the university and features a notable permanent collection of about 17,000 works. Founded by William Hayes Ackland, the Ackland Art Museum’s collection spans a wide range of art periods from African art and European masterworks to 20th century and contemporary art and North Carolina pottery. Notable holdings in the collection include a selection of Asian art, works on paper, painting, photographs, and drawings as well as works by renowned artists such as Albrecht Durer, Pablo Picasso, Eugene Delacroix, Jean-Honore Fragonard, and Max Weber.
101 S Columbia St, Chapel Hill, NC 27599, Phone: 919-966-5736