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Arts & culture
Museums, art and historic places in Gainesville
Museums, galleries and historic places in Gainesville, each with photos, an address and directions.
Local favorites
Local favorites
A few places with photos and full details to get you going.
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Matheson History Museum
History museumGC
Gainesville Circus Center
Circus venueTM
Theatre of Memory
History museumLC
LyriCo Conservatory
Performing arts schoolHS
Heartwood Soundstage
Live music venue and production studioAG
Artisans' Guild Gallery
Artist cooperative galleryCultural places
Art gallery
Hector Framing and Gallery
Hector Framing and Gallery combines a gallery with custom picture framing on West University Avenue. Its services include framing artwork, photographs, diplomas and memorabilia, alongside archival printing and an art…
History museum
Matheson History Museum
Matheson History Museum explores Gainesville and Alachua County history through exhibitions, programs and a local-history library. Its downtown complex includes the Historic Matheson House as well as the museum and…
Circus venue
Gainesville Circus Center
Gainesville Circus Center offers circus classes and performances on Northwest Second Street in Gainesville. Its website provides information about taking classes, seeing a show and contacting the center.
History museum
Theatre of Memory
Theatre of Memory is a museum and Cabinet of Curiosities on Northwest Sixth Street in Gainesville. Director Bill Hutchinson presents collections of documents, artifacts and natural-history objects; consult the museum…
Performing arts school
LyriCo Conservatory
LyriCo Conservatory is a performing-arts school on Southwest Second Avenue in Gainesville. Its programs include voice, theater, dance and instrumental study, with enrollment and program information available on the…
Live music venue and production studio
Heartwood Soundstage
Heartwood Soundstage is a performing-arts venue and production studio on South Main Street. Its indoor stage, outdoor concert grounds and recording spaces grew from Gainesville’s long-running Mirror Image and Medusa…
Artist cooperative gallery
Artisans' Guild Gallery
Artisans’ Guild Gallery is an artist cooperative in a restored house on Northwest Second Avenue. Its rooms display locally made paintings, pottery, jewelry, glass and other craft work, with rotating member-artist…
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