Surfing The Channel

When in Miami Beach, try doing something a bit off the beaten path, like The Bass Museum of Art , located 2121 Park Avenue, between 21st and 22nd Streets and close to many Miami Beach hotels . The Bass Museum was born with the agreement between the City of Miami Beach and the Bass’s when they donate their entire art colletion back in 1963, but on the condition that the collection be kept in perpetuity and kept open to the public. The Bass collection has over 500 European works from the 15th to the early 20th century, including over 200 important groups of significant holdings of sculptures, works on paper, decorative objects and textiles, which the masterpiece tapestry ‘The Tournament’ and ‘The Hunt’ fill two walls on the museum’s Grand Ramp. The collections is a comprehensive collection of Southeast and European art that provides a solid foundation with which the museum was developed. The beautiful museum is surrounded by the symmetry of the formal gardens of Collins Park , which was also donated to the City by Collins in the 20′s. The building itself has quite a history, it was originally the Miami Beach Public Library and Art Center, which is now considered a centerpiece of Miami Beach’s historic district.

Recently, the Bass museum inaugurated the only Egyptian Gallery in Florida. The Gala Event was titled ‘A Night at the Museum’. This gallery offers a unique way to experience and learn about one of the most ancient worlds and to explore this very mysterious civilization, including an array displaying surviving objects that showcase 13 Egyptian antiquity such as an Egyptian sarcophagus and a mummy! The exhibits covers the Egyptian period from 1075 to 750 BC and the later period of 750 to 332 BC. A few of the objects are gifted to the Bass Museum from the Brooklyn Museum, the Lowe Art Museum and from Private Collections. General admission is $8 for adults, $6 for seniors and students. Members get in free and children under 6.

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