Cameron Art Museum

A fine art museum in Wilmington, North Carolina, known for rotating exhibitions and a collection with regional ties.

3201 South 17th St, Wilmington, North Carolina 28412 · Wilmington, NC

About Cameron Art Museum

The Cameron Art Museum is an art museum in Wilmington, North Carolina, that presents changing exhibitions and maintains its own collection. Current shows on the museum's site include a display of paintings tied to Gullah Geechee culture, an exhibition of Southern sporting art centered on a collection of duck decoys, and a showcase of North Carolina storytelling artists. The museum also offers classes, workshops, jazz performances, tours, and family programs. It began in 1962 as St. John's Museum of Art in a historic downtown building and moved to its present campus in 2001.

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