NEW! Video Library
At the Butler Institute of American Art , we are dedicated to bringing you the most interactive experience possible. Please take a moment to visit our new Video Library and see what we have been up to. View the archive
NEW! Virtual Tours
The Butler Institute is the first museum of American art. The original structure, dedicated in 1919, is a McKim, Mead and White architectural masterpiece listed on the National Register of Historic places.
The museum's mission is to preserve and collect works of art in all media created by citizens of our country. The Institute's holdings now exceed 20,000 individual works, and the Butler is known worldwide as "America's Museum."
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The Butler is located in Youngstown, Ohio, in Mahoning County, and receives no revenues from the city, state or county. The Butler charges no admission fee at the main location or at its branch museums, and relies on contributions from the community and the nation to meet its cultural mission. How you can help
The Beecher Center, housed in the south wing of the Butler's Youngstown location, is the first museum addition dedicated solely to new media and electronic art. The facility regularly displays works of art that utilize computers, holography, lasers and other digital media. The Beecher Center houses the Zona Auditorium, a digital media theater designed for performance art and high-definition film presentations.
Visit the Beecher Center
The Butler also operates two satellite facilities in nearby Columbiana and Trumbull Counties. The Salem branch, funded by The Salem Community Foundation, presents selections from the Butler's permanent collection, exhibitions by nationally-known contemporary and historic artists, and the best of regional art talent. The Butler's Trumbull branch, funded in part by Foundation Medici, focuses on important international artists whose works have profoundly influenced America, as well as exhibitions of works by contemporary master painters and sculptors. Visit Butler branches
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You can view any of the Virtual Tours by clicking one of the images below*. Once, loaded, you will be able to look around our facility as if you were there.
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 | Silver and Black (Youngstown) Dec 26, 2009 Through Dec 31, 2010
|  | Face Value (Flad Gallery, Youngstown) Sep 20, 2009 Through Dec 27, 2010
|  | Object/Shadow (Flad Gallery, Youngstown) Sep 20, 2009 Through Feb 28, 2010
|  | Drawings and Watercolors (Youngstown) Jan 03, 2010 Through Feb 14, 2010
|  | Tools and Shrouds (Youngstown) Jan 03, 2010 Through Mar 14, 2010
|  | Chaos Jan 17, 2010 Through Jan 02, 2011
| .jpg) | Works on Paper (Youngstown) Feb 07, 2009 Through Feb 28, 2010
|  | Photography in Transition (Trumbull branch) Jan 24, 2010 Through Mar 14, 2020
|  | Art Talk (Youngstown) Feb 25, 2010
|  | Fabric of Survival Mar 07, 2010 Through May 23, 2010
|  | Grandeur of America's Age of Sail (Youngstown) Mar 28, 2010 Through Jun 13, 2010
|  | American Impressionist (Youngstown) May 02, 2010 Through Jun 27, 2010
|  | 74th National Midyear Exhibition (Youngstown) Jun 27, 2010 Through Aug 22, 2010
|  | 73rd Annual Exhibition (Youngstown) Nov 13, 2010 Through Nov 28, 2010
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