Power outage closes High Museum

The High Museum of Art will be closed for the rest of Tuesday due to a power outage, according to the museum's Twitter account.

“We are officially closed for the rest of the day,” the museum’s latest post on the matter read.

#update: we are officially closed for the rest of the day.
— High Museum of Art (@HighMuseumofArt) August 22, 2017

The status for Wednesday’s regular hours (10 a.m. to 5 p.m.) is not known.

In a post on its website, the museum said it “will be closed until power is restored. Please check back for more information.”

The museum is located at 1280 Peachtree Street in northeast Atlanta.

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Channel 2's Steve Gehlbach reports.

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