he Erie Art Museum at Discovery Square is a non-profit, member-supported community organization located in the Old Customs House, a beautiful and historic 1839 Greek Revival building.

Location
411 State Street
Erie, NY 16501

Tel.: (814) 459 5477
Fax: (814) 452 1744
E-mail: erieartm@erie.net

Hours
Tuesday through Saturday: 11:00 am - 5:00 pm.
Closed on Mondays and major holidays.

Admission
$2 for adults; $1 for senior citizens and students; 50 cents for children under 12.
Free to Erie Art Museum members & free to all on Wednesdays.

The Erie Art Museum Frame Shop Gallery
Located at 423 State Street.

Open Tuesday through Friday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and Staurday, 10 a.m. tp 3p.m.

Admission is free.

Museum URL
http://www.erieartmuseum.org

Information
How to get there:
Erie, Pennsylvania is located in the northwestern corner of the state on Lake Erie. Take Interstate 90 to Interstate 79 to the Bayfront Highway. Follow the Bayfront Highway until State Street. Take a right onto State Street. The Museum is located at 411 State Street.

Metered parking is available on all nearby streets. There is also a parking garage and a large public lot on East Third Street between State and French Streets.

About the Museum

The Museum's ambitious, year-round programming schedule includes art exhibitions, classes, workshops, concerts, group tours, art in the schools, children's programs, lectures, artists' services, traveling exhibits, publications, and more. The Museum will use new gallery space created in the Discovery Square project to display significant works from the permanent collection. Visitors to the Museum today see temporary exhibits of paintings, folk art, photography and more in the main galleries, ground floor galleries and Frame Shop Gallery.

From the Exhibition: A Peculiar Vision: The Work of George Ohr, The Mad Potter of Biloxi Blues & Jazz festival Photo credit: John Vahorian

The Collections
The Erie Art Museum's collections includes over 4,000 objects. The collections include fine examples of American ceramics, Japanese prints, Tibetan thangkas, Chinese porcelains, Indian bronzes, and more.
New gallery space, made possible through the development of the Discovery Square complex, will allow the Museum to show both permanent and temporary exhibits, allowing visitors to experience some of the seldom-seen treasures from the collections.