In celebration of #MuseumWeek on Instagram and on Twitter—everyone's favorite photo-based social media platform—we're bringing you 17 of the best Instagram accounts for lovers of design, architecture, and cultural institutions.
From Tod Williams and Billie Tsien Architects' new home for the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia to the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis and Houston's Museum of Fine Arts, we've got you covered.
1. The Studio Museum in Harlem – Harlem, New York
This Harlem, New York, institution recently announced that it has commissioned British architect David Adjaye to design its new home.
2. Walker Art Center – Minneapolis, Minnesota
3. The Barnes Foundation – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Formerly located in Merion, Pennsylvania, the Barnes Foundation's new home is the work of New York firm Tod Williams Billie Tsien Architects.
4. Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art – Bentonville, Arkansas
Moshe Safdie, of Habitat 67 fame, designed this museum of American art founded by Walmart heiress Alice Walton.
5. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art – Kansas City, Missouri
6. Natural History Museum of Utah – Salt Lake City, Utah
7. Museum of Contemporary African Diasporic Arts – Brooklyn, New York
8. Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) Cleveland – Cleveland, Ohio
9. Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA) – Los Angeles, California
10. Pérez Art Museum Miami – Miami, Florida
Swiss firm Herzog and de Meuron designed this new home for the contemporary art museum. The building opened in 2013.
11. Aspen Art Museum – Aspen, Colorado
Japanese architect and Pritzker Prize winner Shigeru Ban masterminded this non-collecting museum in Aspen, Colorado. The museum also has a pretty rad, sleek website.
12. de Young Museum – San Francisco, California
Herzog and de Meuron also crafted the de Young Museum's home in San Francisco's Golden Gate Park.
13. The Metropolitan Museum of Art – New York, New York
The Met, as this museum is commonly known, recently moved into the old home of the circa-1966 Whitney Museum, designed by legendary architect Marcel Breuer. More on that here.
14. Art Institute of Chicago – Chicago, Illinois
15. The Broad Museum – Los Angeles, California
16. The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston – Houston, Texas
17. Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum – Boston, Massachusetts
∙ All Photography coverage [Curbed]
∙ The Secrets of NYC's Best Museums Are Revealed, Thanks to #MuseumWeek [Curbed NY]