{"id":749,"date":"2011-02-07T12:25:40","date_gmt":"2011-02-07T18:25:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kuulstuff.com\/blog\/?p=749"},"modified":"2011-02-07T12:25:40","modified_gmt":"2011-02-07T18:25:40","slug":"figge-art-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/figge-art-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Figge Art Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Located in the downtown of Davenport in Iowa, the museum has some of the unique paintings. The free family event let the visitors get a glimpse of the museum&#8217;s possessions apart from fun activities for children.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Figge Art Museum<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Figge Art Museum\" href=\"http:\/\/figgeart.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Figge Art Museum<\/a> in Davenport is a prime venue for collecting and exhibiting art. Started in 1925, the museum has over 3000 collections of art, sculpture, and paintings. The museum moved to the current building in 2005 with glass walls to reflect the nature.<\/p>\n<p>The collection includes Asian, America, Haitian, Mexican, African, and European some of which are dated back to the Colonial period. Figge Art museum has different exhibitions going on including the railroads, water views, vehicles, automobiles, and school paintings.<\/p>\n<p>The museum has partnerships with local schools and colleges and displays the art exhibits from the students. The museum has classes and workshops for school children, young adults, college students, and researchers.<\/p>\n<p>The art museum is open all days except for few holidays. The admission costs $7 for adults and $4 for children. Plan your visit on special events and exhibitions so that you can see more. You can obtain the membership and avail special benefits in all their events.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Free Family Event<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The museum lets visitors enter the facility for free in partnership with the John Deere. Numerous activities for children and adults are arranged for families. Special videos are showcased depending upon the theme of the day. Some of the galleries and exhibits are open all day. You can visit the museum store to buy special collections from around the world.<\/p>\n<p>The <a title=\"Free Family Event\" href=\"http:\/\/figgeart.org\/Events.aspx?Page=2\" target=\"_blank\">free family event<\/a> is a best time to attain a glimpse of the museum and revisit if you are\u00a0further\u00a0interested. It is astonishing to see some of the arts by young children and students. \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Located in the downtown of Davenport in Iowa, the museum has some of the unique paintings. The free family event let the visitors get a glimpse of the museum&#8217;s possessions apart from fun activities for children.<a href=\"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/figge-art-museum\/\" class=\"more-link\">Read More <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Figge Art Museum<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[65,200,347,173],"class_list":["post-749","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daytoday","tag-children","tag-davenport","tag-figge-art-museum","tag-iowa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4AvRz-c5","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":477,"url":"http:\/\/kuulstuff.com\/blog\/family-free-day-at-figge-art-museum-davenport-iowa\/","url_meta":{"origin":749,"position":0},"title":"Family Free Day at Figge Art Museum, Davenport, Iowa","author":"KP","date":"September 13, 2010","format":false,"excerpt":"Do not the miss the family free day at the Figge Art museum, Davenport this Saturday from 1-3pm in the afternoon. 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