Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art - Ithaca (NY)

5 /5 Nicky No Stacks: Definitely a must see while in Ithaca for 4 reasons: 1. Its free! Donations always welcome. 2. Diverse collection of works. BC to modern! 3. Stunning views of Ithaca, the lake, and the surrounding area from the 5th floor 4 . The architecture! Clean and elegant concrete facade and interior. The design actually took into consideration not to block the views of others not in the building. My favorite was the spiral staircase! 2 issues: 1. Parking close by might pose a problem. 2. No gift shop. I would have loved to have purchased books and prints of some of the featured collections.

4 /5 Brian Mittelstaedt: Small but diverse museum. One complaint would be their display of Dawoud Bey’s series, “Night Coming Tenderly, Black”. The museum has a series of nine of the images, which depict and evoke the feeling of traveling on the underground railroad. The images are intentionally dark to evoke traveling under the cloak of darkness. They’re displayed very poorly. They’re located in a bright room, on a white wall, and the works have wide white mats. All of this makes seeing the images very difficult. I believe the same works were displayed in Philadelphia to better advantage with black walls, small white mats and spotlighting. Most of what you saw while at the Johnson Museum of Art was your own reflection on the glass in front of the images.

5 /5 Jordan Mathews: This museum is spectacular. Theres art of all types. The view is spectacular. I definitely recommend visiting here.

5 /5 Ean Moody: Really beautiful small museum. The light show on the roof of the deck is awesome, though Im not sure what time of year to visit so theyre open to view it after dark (which I think was the artists intent). Wonderful collection all around, definitely worth a visit if youre in the area.

4 /5 Mike Z: Wish I had more time exploring museum’s collections, but I was within 20 mins of closing time. Grateful to the stuff they still let me in. I have rushed to 5th floor to check out Cornell’s surroundings from wraparound galleries, gorgeous views of the lake and campus. The floor has beautiful collection of Asian art. Note that suspension bridge path over Horseshoe Falls starts almost next to museum. Hence, that’s where I headed after the museum. Review would have been 5 stars if museum closing times were at 5pm.