The Fralin Museum of Art at the University of Virginia — Attraction in Virginia

Amazing gem of a museum. It is FREE & while parking is limited and a bit hidden (behind the museum) it is also free. Just check in at the front desk and write in your plate number.

Beautiful exhibition upstairs entitled "Between Hand and Scroll: Torah Pointers from The Barr Collection.

It's truly a must-see, from gold and precious stones to wood, glass, and even PENCILS! (another extraordinary modern Yad)... My favorite standouts were the three entitled "Materials that Memoralize" with one in particular by Marjorie Simon entitled "Never Again", USA 2021 that features "Arbiet Macht Frei" (Work Makes you Free) down the side of the Yad, a train car placed at its top with doors pushed open to reveal a pitch black interior with the pointer made of a blazing red carnelian tip. Extremely moving to combine these elements into a work of art used to recite the words of the Torah. Elements taken from Aushwitz become a yad to honor the Jewish religion and commemorate the genocide of the Jewish people. Exquisite.

P.S. There is a tiny "lending library/lending exhibit" outside of the front of the entrance. Fantastic idea. ART wants to be free... to be exchanged, swaped out, shaped, and then reshaped by different perspectives and people. I think this is a brilliant, tiny exhibit, and today, I got a b&w photo. I will be contributing back tomorrow. All of this is FREE and open. I love this concept that circumvents the typical hierarchy or art institutes, gallery's and Ideaologies. It takes $ out of something that is one of the highest forms of humanity and strips it down to a tiny exhibit...

A free art museum in the heart of UVA. They had a few exhibits and the staff was warm and friendly. There are two levels in the building, with the majority of it on the second floor, and a rather small section on the first floor. It was nice to come in, cool off from the summer heat and spend some time viewing the exhibits.

Our only wish was that it had more pieces to see. The whole thing can been seen in a relatively quick time. I'd also like to see some more 'interesting', unique and truly 'attention-grabbing' pieces. What we saw was mostly OK, but some of them did not appeal or 'wow' us, specifically the B&W pieces of people taking their 'last shot' (it was nothing special), photos of different body parts (eh), and the weird psychedelic 'movie' playing on the first floor with it's disturbing images and music (made me feel quite uneasy).

The staff was helpful and accomodating, and we liked the cool stickers they offered. I'd certainly be open to check them out each time they change exhibits, though. Keeping my fingers crossed and hoping the new exhibits are an improvement. I am still recommending you check this out, if you are in the area and like...

I have visited the Fralin Museum twice, and find it to be a very thoughtful museum. The exhibits will most likely include objects you may not normally seek out of your own initiative, but you'll end up thinking about them from the standpoint of the artist, the community they belong to, and what the piece meant to them as they were creating it. I love the fact that the museum is on University of Virginia's grounds, in central Charlottesville, so they are literally welcoming the world into their world. For students, I think it would allow them to come in and refresh their thoughts and see things in a different light......so the intentionality of this place seems like a really great idea. I'd really encourage people to check it out and give it a portion of their day. Both times I visited I came out feeling more peaceful, I don't think that's a...