Museum admission is always free!

When you visit

The Museum has five gallery floors:

Floor 5 (main entrance): Asian art, plus spectacular views of Ithaca and Cayuga Lake.

Floors 1 & 2 (main entrance, above the lobby): European and American art, plus a mezzanine level between the two floors that has a display of pre-Columbian works.

Floor 1L (main entrance, below the lobby): current exhibition (Bartels Gallery)

Floor 2L (below the lobby): Visible storage, African art, and current exhibitions (Gold, Moak, Class of 1953, and Schaenen Galleries)

Some spaces on Floor 2L are currently being renovated, including the Citrin Photography Center and the Picket Family Gallery.

Two Naked Guys Café

The main Appel Lobby is also home to our Two Naked Guys Café, which is open during the school year Mondays to Fridays, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. The Café sells pastries, sandwiches, sushi, salads, soups, coffee, and cold drinks, and there is seating in the lobby. Please note that the Café is closed on weekends and during school breaks, including the summer months.

The Wing

Floor 2L connects the wing to the main building. In addition to a separate entrance, the wing's main public floor features a new lecture room, a new workshop room, and new gallery spaces for exhibitions.

Restrooms are available on Floor 2L in the main building and on the basement level of the wing. Water fountains are on Floors 2 and 2L in the main building, and on the basement level of the wing.

Events After 5 PM

For events and programs that begin after 5:00 p.m., or any that are taking place in the wing's lecture room, visitors should enter through the wing rather than the main building.

Take a tour and go behind the scenes with our former director, Frank Robinson, in this Cornell Cast video from Spring 2011.