Established | September 20, 1958[1] |
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Location | Chapel Hill, North Carolina |
Coordinates | 35°54′44″N 79°03′16″W / 35.91236°N 79.05443°W |
Type | Art museum |
Director | Katie Ziglar [2] |
Curator | Peter Nisbet (Chief Curator) Timothy Riggs (Curator Emeritus)[2] |
Public transit access | Chapel Hill Transit |
Website | www |
The Ackland Art Museum is a museum and academic unit of The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. It was founded through the bequest of William Hayes Ackland (1855–1940) to The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.[3] It is located at 101 S. Columbia Street near the intersection of Franklin Street at the northern edge of campus.
It is free of charge to visitors and offers a wide selection of events related to exhibition, community, and university topics.