Enjoy The Harn Art Museum In Gainesville, Florida

Next up in my few museum posts is the Harn Art Museum at the University of Florida in Gainesville!

I went here when my friend Danny came to visit Gainesville (I don’t remember if I’ve mentioned him by name before, but there’s a good chance if I go to a museum, it’s because he’s visiting).

I had wanted to visit the Harn for a while and since we planned to visit the Natural History Museum next door, it seemed like the perfect chance.

We probably spent an hour or two here wandering through all the exhibits, enjoying the art.

The exhibits vary depending on when you visit. Some are there for a few months, and sometimes a few years.

They come from the Harn collections and are sometimes on loan from private collectors, artists, and other museums.

It was a surprisingly large museum with way more to see than I expected. I thought it would be smaller and more student-focused since it’s at UF, but I was definitely wrong.

I don’t really think there were any exhibits I didn’t like, some I liked less but were still really cool to see.

As always in posts like this, I’ve added thoughts occasionally in photo captions.

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I don’t know what this thing is or what it’s made of, but I really liked the colors and textures on it.
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
I wish I had paid more attention to all this pottery! I could be looking at this alone for an hour now (I do pottery now).
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
I love the painting/glazing on these vases.
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Harn art museum
Harn art museum
These aren’t Florida HIghwaymen paintings, but they remind me of them and I love these and the HIghwaymen paintings!
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
I especially love these three.
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
I loved the Japanese art collection (shocker) as well.
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Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
This room feels so “classic art museum”
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Harn art museum
Harn art museum
I think this was my favorite piece here. It was in a small room connecting two large rooms (right after the first big room) and the shadows were projected around the whole thing.
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Beautiful botanical prints!
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
Harn art museum
I love the textures on the big middle piece and the button one to the left of it. I have closeups of both below.
Harn art museum
Harn art museum

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Have you been to the Harn Art Museum in Gainesville? What did you think of it?

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