Chrysler Museum of Art

A free art museum spanning 5,000 years, with one of the largest glass collections in America and live glassmaking demos.

One Memorial Pl · Norfolk, VA

About Chrysler Museum of Art

The Chrysler Museum of Art holds more than 35,000 works spanning over 5,000 years, from Tintoretto and Veronese to Jackson Pollock and Edward Hopper. Its glass holdings, including Tiffany pieces, rank among the largest in America, and at the museum's Perry Glass Studio you can watch free glassmaking demonstrations. Look for Bernini's final sculpture, a marble bust of Christ made for Queen Christina of Sweden.

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