Former name | Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts |
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Established | 1878 |
Location | 480 E. Broad St., Columbus, Ohio 43215 United States |
Type | Art museum |
Executive director | Brooke A. Minto[1] |
Public transit access | 10 CoGo |
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Coordinates | 39°57′51.534″N 82°59′16.415″W / 39.96431500°N 82.98789306°W |
Area | Under 1 acre (0.40 ha) |
Built | 1931 |
Architect | Richards, McCarty and Bulford; Robert Aitken |
Architectural style(s) | Second Renaissance Revival |
Visitors | 254,092 (in 2022)[2] |
Website | columbusmuseum |
Designated | March 19, 1992 |
Reference no. | 92000173 |
The Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) is an art museum in downtown Columbus, Ohio. Formed in 1878 as the Columbus Gallery of Fine Arts (its name until 1978),[3] it was the first art museum to register its charter with the state of Ohio. The museum collects and exhibits American and European modern and contemporary art, folk art, glass art, and photography. The museum has been led by Executive Director Brooke Minto since 2023.