Racine Art Museum

Located a block west of the renovated harbor on Lake Michigan’s shoreline, The RacineArt Museum occupies a reinvented department store in the city’s historic downtown. The original display windows honor this legacy by featuring national artists with artwork that changes quarterly. Inside the visitor discovers one of America’s top three Fine Craft museums placing craft in the context of contemporary fine art. Through two floors the museum houses an extensive and ever growing permanent collection, which includes exquisite baskets, witty sculptures, intricate jewelry and artistic teapots, often featured with related new artwork from national traveling exhibitions.Every month Free First Fridays at the RAM host hands on projects in the evening or over the weekend coordinating with the exhibits while also providing an expansive schedule of studio art classes for every age.