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Hibel Museum of Art |
The world's only non-profit public institution and museum dedicated to the art of a living American woman, artist Edna Hibel. The Hibel Museum of Art is a multi-functional cultural and educational facility where scholars, artists and the public are provided with resources for the study and appreciation of a broad collection of Hibel's work. Throughout the year, an exhibit from the museum's permanent collection, which includes original paintings, lithographs, porcelains, drawings, and sculpture, is displayed. Upon completion of the new main museum in 2002, antique furniture and paperweights from the Craig collection, an Oriental snuff bottle collection, and the re-created Lena and Abraham Hibel Memorial Rose Garden will also be available for public viewing, as well as a museum gift shop and expanded gallery facilities. Open Monday-Saturday, admission is free to the public.
| Location | 701 Lake Ave Lake Worth Florida 33460 |
| Phone | 561-533-6872 |
| Fax | 561-533-0174 |
| museum@hibel.com | |
| Website |
http://www.hibel.com/museum.htm
The Hibel Museum of Art was opened in Palm Beach in 1977 with the Clayton and Ethelbelle Bion Craig collection of Edna Hibel paintings (180) and original stone lithographs (200) and personal antiques, paperweights, Asian artifacts and furniture from the Craig household. Shortly afterwards a wonderful collection of Asian snuff bottles was ... |
