United States, Georgia, Fulton County, Atlanta, 33.749, -84.38798Thompson, Molly2006-08-25Encyclopedia article about the High Museum of Art. Located in the midtown section of Atlanta, the High Museum of Art is one of the most important art museums in the Southeast. Its permanent collection of more than 11,000 objects includes a range of significant works by nineteenth- and twentieth-century American artists, a highly respected collection of American decorative arts from 1825 to 1917, notable European holdings in paintings and prints, and growing collections of modern and contemporary art, photography, African art, and works by African Americans. The High is also committed to acquiring objects by southern artists as well as by folk and self-taught artists.text/htmlengForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.High Museum of ArtArt museums--Georgia--AtlantaMuseums--Georgia--AtlantaHigh Museum of ArtText