Booth Western Art Museum

The amount of sculptures is just astounding. I am in awe about this museum. Beautiful art and sculptures. I also loved the descriptions that came with the paintings. Very mindful. Definitely will go back to see more exhibits.

This Smithsonian-affiliated museum is another of Cartersville's surprising museum gems. I had been a dozen or so years back & appreciated it even more this time - even with a 6-yr old grandson along. Haha. Speaking of that, this is a legit art museum so rambunctious kids should be kept close. Also, I comment the staff for creating Sagebrush Ranch in the basement area - a museum play place for kids (with their parents). Grandson loved running back & forth in there to get on & off the life size horse, pretend to ride the stagecoach & do some simple interactive activities. I'd encourage them to continue expanding this area). Otherwise, you have several levels of fabulous Western art & sculptures, Native American sections & the Hall Of Presidents & their memorabilia. Check it out & then eat in one of the very good nearby restaurants.

This museum is amazing. The artwork is outstanding. So many pictures, paintings, statues, displays. You really have to spend most of the day here because there's so many rooms, and outside statues. I love this place. The Kenny Rodgers photo display is cool. A great asset to Cartersville!

I really enjoyed my visit. The staff was really helpful and very friendly. The artwork was beautiful! Having just come back from 2 trips out west (one to Montana and one to New Mexico) this museum was especially enjoyable as many of the artists and artwork depict life in that part of the country and it was neat to have actually been there. The museum is much bigger than I thought it was. It took us a good 2+ hours to get through everything.

Located in the heart of Cartersvile, you can easily spend a day. Everything is within walking distance. We drove out, had lunch at a local restaurant and then to the museum.

We had not visited this museum for several years. It is a not-insignificant drive for us, so we needed some extra motivation. They had advertised 2 - 3 small temporary exhibits, at least one of which was closing soon. We had time during the holidays so we made a day-trip up to Cartersville.

The museum is located within a block of the small downtown area of the city. However, Cartersville has a lot of development starting a few blocks away also, so if you are looking for places to eat, etc. you can find something local.

Parking is in a private lot just up/over a hill from the museum. They also noted that there was handicap-accessible parking in a different lot across a small street.

There is a sculpture garden surrounding the museum, but it is divided into 2 parts which you need to access separately on opposite sides. The rear side also has direct access to some downtown shops, in case you want to wander down a block or two and check those out. We didn't have time and many appeared closed due to it being a Sunday or a holiday week.

The exhibits are spread over 2 floors. The ground floor houses the 'permanent' collection. My impression was that some of these works are truly permanent, while some smaller % may rotate in or out. There are 4 - 5 rooms of paintings and sculptures in mostly traditional styles.

Upstairs there is at least one more room similar to what was on the ground floor. There is also a 'gallery of the presidents where they feature individual exhibits and facts (and in many cases a hand-written letter) for each U.S. president. I think there is an adjacent room with a set of murals depicting all of them as well. Also on this floor is the space for various temporary exhibits.

The final area is reserved for more modernist interpretations of 'western' art. We had toured it before but I didn't find it quite as interesting as the other exhibits. Since we were interested in checking out a 2nd museum, we skipped that wing this time.

They also have an orientation film (which we may have seen before but skipped this time) and regular guided tours (which looked interesting but which didn't fit our schedule for this visit.

This museum succeeds in presenting many facets of western art. It is definitely worth checking out.

I love it. My kids love it. It's a beautifully curated museum. The cafe is good too. Makes for a very fun day.

This is by far the best exposition of western art that I have ever seen. It is worth the drive

What a lovely first class museum. Very well organized for our current situation with timed mobile tickets available on line. Diverse, unique, and beautifully curated. Smithsonian has a hand in this treasure. Even if Western Art isn't usually your thing- this collection is diverse, and well themed, and explained. Much American history in this collection. Well located near both walkable shops and restaurants.

Fascinating art collection, you can't get through it all in one day... A great place to visit, and it's hard to believe that Cartersville has such a wonderful museum! Definitely a place everyone should visit!

Spectacular museum.

The Booth museum highlights loads of beautiful art featuring Western subjects; it's really quite overwhelming. They have paintings and sculptures both (including some gorgeous sizable sculptures both inside and outside.

The variety of subjects is stunning: they have the cowboys that you've expect, but they also feature the Civil War and lots of focus on Native Americans and Westerners of color, both black and Hispanic. I learned a lot by looking at their exhibits specifically focused on the diverse backgrounds of people in the West.

Another fantastic element of their collection is that they have a written document from every president in the history of the United States. Amazing and really awe-inspiring!

They have numerous docents around the museum, all of whom were very helpful.

Everything about this place is well-done; the restrooms and facilities were clean; the gift shop has some good stuff (not just trinkets); the people were friendly; the cafe had good food; there are lots of benches scattered around; it's a great facility. They even have a coat room with no charge.

Parking is easy to access, and the museum is in easy walking-distance of numerous local eateries. I quite recommend it; depending on your stamina, you could easily spend a half-day there and not take in everything. A real treasure.

Also: their guest services and group services staff are excellent. They were very communicative with us, were flexible, and even refunded us some money (without us asking) when some of our group didn't make the trip. Great place with great people.