Fralin Museum of Art

Drop into the University of Virginia's free art museum on Rugby Road, a short walk from the Rotunda, for changing shows drawn from 14,000 works.

155 Rugby Road, Charlottesville, VA 22904 · Charlottesville, VA

About Fralin Museum of Art

The University of Virginia's art museum opened in 1935 and has carried the Fralin name since 2012, after a gift of American art from Cynthia and W. Heywood Fralin. It fills the Thomas H. Bayly Building on Rugby Road, a short walk from the Rotunda. The collection of nearly 14,000 works is strong in African and American Indian art, European and American painting, photography and works on paper. Admission is free every day, and it stays open until 8pm on Fridays.

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