Bass Museum of Art

Bass Museum of Art review

The Bass is the centrepiece of Miami Beach's 'cultural campus'. The core of the building is the old Miami Beach public library built in 1930, but after an $8m renovation it now has vastly expanded facilities. In addition to pieces from the museum's own permanent collection (including European Old Masters, rococo court paintings, 18th-century English portraits, Flemish tapestries and Chinese woodblock prints), it hosts world-class travelling exhibitions, which could be anything from folk art to photography to video installations. There are also talks, workshops and a good little gift shop.