The Polk Museum of Art at Florida Southern College announced plans for a $6 million expansion and renovation of the Museum. The expansion will add more than 10,000 sq. ft. of gallery, classroom, and art laboratory space, more than tripling the Museum’s main gallery space. Construction on the new addition is expected to begin late this year, with a projected completion in the spring of 2024.

This spring, the Polk Museum of Art will present nearly 70 works of the prodigious and widely popular group of artists known as the Florida Highwaymen in an original exhibition entitled “The Art of the Highwaymen: From the Woodsby Family Collection.”

The Polk Museum of Art welcomes the work of celebrated photographer John Pinderhughes into its galleries for an original, extraordinary retrospective exhibition entitled “Finding Meaning Within: The Photography of John Pinderhughes,” on view November 20, 2021 through February 24, 2022.

The Polk Museum of Art is excited once again to partner with Scholastic to host the Annual Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for Florida’s Polk County Art Region.

The Polk Museum of Art opens a new, original exhibition perfect for the whole family on November 13, 2021 in the Dorothy Jenkins Gallery: “When We Were Young: Children and Animals in Art from the Golisano Children’s Museum of Naples.” The collection of art, curated and donated to the Children’s Museum of Naples (CMON) through fine art dealer and collector William “Bill” Meek III, was created with the experience of children in mind.

This Fall, the Polk Museum of Art and Lakeland Symphony Orchestra are partnering to bring the performing and visual arts together in a one-of-a-kind exhibition, creating an immersive and multi-sensory viewing experience for art and music lovers alike. Guest curated by musicians of the Orchestra, “Pictures at an Exhibition,” opening September 11, pairs artwork from the Museum's permanent collection with hand-picked musical selections performed by the Orchestra musicians themselves.

The Polk Museum of Art is excited to announce its headlining Summer and Fall exhibition, “American Impressionism: Treasures from the Daywood Collection,” on view from July 31 to October 24, 2021.

The Polk Museum of Art welcomes new changes as it gears up for a fall season filled with exciting exhibitions, events, and educational programming.

Following the success of the 2019 exhibition and their experience working with the Museum to present the show, the Riches gifted their extensive collection to be displayed permanently in a dedicated gallery space at the Museum.

The Polk Museum of Art’s Mayfaire by-the-Lake will return to the shores of Lake Morton on May 8 and 9, 2021! Held each year on Mother’s Day weekend, Mayfaire is a free two-day fair that was ranked 36th by Sunshine Artist Magazine in 2019.