Atlanta's High Museum of Art was recently recognized as one of the best museums in the South by popular Southern culture guide Southern Living.
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Based on more than 22,000 online reader surveys, Southern Living created its first-ever "The South's Best" awards for the best-loved places in 13 different categories.
Home to permanent collections of more than 15,000 works of art, the High ranked sixth in "The South's Best Museums" category.
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The High also houses one of the largest collections of civil rights-era prints in the nation and has plans to display Yayoi Kusama's "Infinity Mirrors" exhibit, one of the most eclectic and well-known exhibits in the world, in 2018.
The Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., which holds Judy Garland’s ruby slippers from “The Wizard of Oz,” Harriet Tubman’s Bible and remnants of a sunken slave ship, earned top honors.
Here are the 10 best museums in the South, according to Southern Living:
- Smithsonian (Washington, D.C.)
- Biltmore (Asheville, North Carolina)
- Colonial Williamsburg (Williamsburg, Virginia)
- Country Music Hall of Fame and Museum (Nashville, Tennessee)
- The National WWII Museum (New Orleans, Louisiana)
- High Museum of Art (Atlanta, Georgia)
- Kennedy Space Center (Titusville, Florida)
- Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art (Bentonville, Arkansas)
- Monticello (Charlottesville, Virginia)
- Rothko Chapel (Houston, Texas)
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