Dahesh Museum of Art

The Dahesh Museum of Art is the nation's only museum that houses a collection and exhibition focused on European academic art of the 19th and 20th centuries. Most of the collection is compromised of Dr. Dahesh's personal collection of more than 2,000 paintings. The museum is particularly notable for its Orientalist paintings. The collection is currently not on display as of 2019 and instead travels the country to other museums while the Dahesh Museum of Art constructs a new home. Here are some of the "must see" items at Dahesh Museum of Art. Orientalism: The Allure of North Africa and the Near East. Academic Splendor: Nineteenth-Century Now and Then: Drawings from the 19th century to the Present