Pensacola museum of Art was founded by a group of women in 1954 who wanted to fill the creativity void that scared the Florida panhandle. Today, it sits in the location of “the 1906 Old City Jail (Wikipedia).”This museum is known for it Spanish Revival-styles architecture and managed by hospitable staff who make you feel welcomed.

Very nice setup, didnt get to see the first floor but even if the first floor is a tenth of what the second floor was it has to be amazing! Nice place to check out! Very friendly staff.

Nice museum. Small, but lots of character. Great exhibits. Only 7 dollars to tour. Would definitely go back. Enjoyed the lady at the front desk she was very nice.

Love the feel the old jail doors give the museum. Its like the art is breaking free from being suppressed.

Nice location in downtown Pensacola. Lots of talented local artists displayed.

Awesome place! Great supporters of our talented local youth. Lots of great events.Plus the historic building itself is a work of art, with its exposed brick & quirky remnants from when it was a Jail.

Great exhibition on Peruvian art—different from what I expected (not just local art), and made me think. Nice gift shop—some inexpensive finds. Out in the square just to the NE is a great set of mostly sea-themed pieces painted by local artists .on big cubes

Good place, too little and not much art. With all the rich population they could lend some art for private exhibits and expanding the culture of art.

Very interesting...needs more cowboys.

Always love the Pensacola Museum of Art. It if a testament to repurposing the old into something positive, beautiful and necessary. Friday night was wonderful. Got to meet Jeff VanderMeer and listen to him talk about his wonderful book Annihilation. He was witty and real, charismatic and kind, articulate and all together amazing.

Old building converted to museum space. Small charge to get in. Several display areas. Elevator for top floor.

Lovely depiction of life of the Keeper of the Lighthouse. A three piece ensemble played music for guests on my visit.

Cool spot, lots of different pieces. Get to make your own pin which is nice

Excellent permanent collection and superb exhibits. As part of Historic Pensacola, they offer affordable ticket pricing.Also, the PMA is included in the SNAP-EBT/ ART ACCESSIBILITY, offering free tickets when you present your ID with SNAP card.Their museum shop is affordable with a variety of items available! They offer superb service and information as well.

Was not very big but had some great displays. I thought it was well worth stopping.

I love art. I love walking through walls and walls of art and being able to appreciate things. This museum is a little boring, not going to lie. I went through it pretty fast. But there is some seriously amazing art, and the atmosphere is really amazing!! It’s also right down town, close to lots of things. You can usually find free parking and just walk all day!

Attended a UWF GOLD event and had a blast. I love that UWF owns th is museum and that artists are being able to display their work. Cant wait to attend the next event and future shows/exhibits.

There should be a few minimum requirements before a place can legally call itself a museum. I doubt if there were a thousand square feet of exhibit, and the quality was more disconcerting than the quantity. We came because of their websites claim to have Picasso. Well, its in climate-controlled storage and is not on display.

This museum is a cornerstone of the culture of Pensacola. The wide variety of art they bring in is interesting. They have been increasing the number of events they are hosting, and they are super fun to attend. I would highly recommend this museum to anyone that wants to experience the best of Pensacola arts and culture.

Came here to see childs art on display. 2nd floor was packed with pride in our Pensacola youth. So cool to see the talent in our neck of the woods.

You should consider changing the name to Pensacola Gallery because there is rarely art and museum is stretching it. Staff was friendly and helpful and also sympathetic. The AC was nice.

Enjoyed seeing Lego artist who knew what the imagination can do.

New resident to Pensacola. Went to the museum with my parents and one of my 3 sons. As other posts have said, very small museum. Dealt with a fairly silent front desk worker who spoke little and so softly everyone in our group near the counter struggled to hear. Paid up and entered. Art? Guess we should have researched the place first. Didnt even occur to us to ask if there was actually art in the place. 95% of displayed pieces were school kid art----which is fine, and some of it was actually very good. But, as I trust anybody can imagine, not overly interesting unless I suppose your child has submitted art. But, I get it from the museums point of view.....far more paying to get in to see their kids art than would ever enter otherwise.Our group was clearly unhappy, front desk gal knew it and didnt care. We were out of there very quickly and wont be back.Two days later happened to walk into the art gallery next store. FAR more art to be viewed....and for free with pleasant workers.Id encourage all potential visitors to this art museum to do there own research ahead of time to see if there is a traveling exhibit of particular note. If not, skip it and spend your time downtown viewing the many other places that are great....and many free and in the open air. Downtown is a museum itself if one is historically inclined!

Fabulous little boutique museum! Always an interesting exhibit to see! Today we enjoyed a rare and extensive Aubrey Beardsley illustration exhibit. A sophisticated show for such a hip and cool city like Pensacola.

Great place. Lodes of interesting and different art. Great learning experience.

Great experience from staff with awesome collection of artworks from various artists

Family arts and crafts was so much fun!

Beautiful place

Wonderful place to experience the arts and acquire some culture! MAGA

Lovely winterfest. allowed it to move inside due to the rain.

Was a cool museum met one of the art donors and had a chat with him as he toured my wife and I around his collection. Tickets were $7 a piece but good for 7 days which was neat. Really had a great experience here

A beautiful building with interesting pieces that come through. I like all the events that they host, family stuff on Sundays and the opera visits too. I enjoy when the artists visit and speak to their work. I feel happy when I visit this museum.

Really awesome history of shoes and displays. Fun button making.

Small selection of art. One exhibit today was Peruvian theme historic and modern cultural art. Small place overall.

The current Cut Up / Cut Out exhibit is excellent. Spent almost an hour admiring the variety of artwork presented in this collection from many artists. This ends June 17th, 2018. This small downtown museum is housed in the old City Jail, which makes it a unique venue.

Its a nice cozy space, but the shoe exhibit is a bit odd, or just sort of lazy perhaps. Is it permanent? I dont know. I guess its better than nothing!

This is quite a small museum, and a thorough trip takes at most an hour. But part of the charm is the building itself. This was once the old jail, and many of the fixtures have been left intact. Certainly worth a visit as the exhibits change often and there is always something new to see. There is a little kids activity nook with books and art supplies to occupy little ones, and the small gift shop has a variety of reasonably-priced childrens items (lots of Melissa & Doug)! We will certainly be back.

This place had a lot of really cool unexpected contemporary art pieces that were great. They use the space very well and the pieces were organized in a way that made sense.

This is a tiny museum. We went because they had a fabulous traveling Andy warhol exhibit with a connected art event for families, which was really enjoyable. However, downstairs they had a nude photo exhibit, rather incongruous. I wish theyd had the decency to place a cautionary sign for all the families coming in. Their permanent collection is a joke- a gold painted cooler, etc.

The perfect venue for the UWF Alumni Breakfast.

When we was there they didn’t have much to see very boring

My daughter loves taking art here

Great local art museum with some really cool events. Check their Facebook page for events!

Saw the exhibit titled Welcome to My Party by Valerie George. Beautiful and well designed.

Definitely check this place out, especially during Gallery Night!

Nice but small museum. Very small exhibition but it provided lots of time to reflect on the art on display.

The art project for people with autism has produced a fascinating exhibition. Lots of multi-media exhibits, so creative.

Not much to see, unfortunately. Expected more.

Pleasant staff, cool old jail. The artwork was VERY limited, less than 25-30 pieces total. Wouldnt waste the $5-$7 to go there. There are other, free, options nearby. The worst museum that I believe Ive ever been.

Wonderful outting with our students. We were welcomed with open arms.

Great place. The art work displayed is absolutely beautiful.

Such a nice little gem in downtown! We really enjoyed their working with the public library to offer story time at the museum once a month during the summer.

For the space they have, they have done a great job. Its humble and small, but they were so nice and helpful. Ask when buying your ticket, and for few extra dollars you get admittance to all the historic museums in that association downtown.

Your best shot in Pensacola to see some really great art.

Its cool they honor local school childrens art!

Very nice exhibit, and an interesting building as well.

This is a very nice, small museum but well worth the visit. The art displays are lovely and written material is informative.

We where going there expecting to see art. What we recieved was in poorer taste. The bottom floor was a bunch of photos of modern sites from ww2. While the next room where photos off ww2 survivors. While the top floor exhibit was about a journey going through mexico. So all i got to say and as a person who enjoys thinking about the greater meaning of things please dont try to relate these current affairs with those of the holocost survivors putting them in the same boat. You should be more concerned with showing art instead of politics.

So much to enjoy!

Delightful small museum with a great turnover of exhibits

Small, quaint museum but just right for my study.

Its a small museum, but worth checking out. We went for the Lego installation and my six year old loved plating with the legos.

Terrific small art museum! Interesting exhibitions.

I love the PMA. They offer fantastic classes for homeschooled children. The teachers and staff are some of the friendliest people you will ever meet.

They always have fresh exhibits and something for the little ones so I am impressed.

Nice small place, friendly staff.

Unique exhibit. Hands-on activities w/paper were good.

Good place to see a lot of history.

Not much artwork, lots of pictures, theres an Adult section (thats posted) that I wouldnt take my kids in.

Because earth without ART is just eh....support ypur local artists ...paint the planet....

Great place awesome to visit

Always interesting and well designed.

Art culture is more than a room of political cartoons.

Awesome atmosphere and very friendly staff. I look forward to attending more events at PMA

Nice pieces.

This small museum hosts some excellent art exhibits, as well as opening its space for special events. At the show we went to, there were also activities for children and instructive videos, making this a more interesting experience than just looking at art on the walls.

Beautiful art

The building is the old jail. They have a free entrance day once a month. Its a great way to spend the afternoon.

Wonderful place. Great exhibits

Great event. Well staffed and organized.

Limited artwork on display, mostly Lego sculptures. Nothing else except a few black and white sketches. I was very disappointed in the quantity and quality of their displays. Not worth the $7 per adult that they charge.

Very nice selection along with some history! Also the art light is amazing!

The art work was amazing ..we loved it

A nice quiet place to view art.

Few cool sketches and some Lego statues. Thats it.

Great time! Always updating their showcases!!

Very small but terrifically curated(:

Great exhibits. Summer camp available.

Not that interesting

Super legit group of people that know what theyre doing. Rad.

Loved it...first visit !

Small but nice

I wouldn’t even call this a museum

Do yall buy paintings

Not very much going on . Kinda overpriced to say there is about 30 min of art to look at . Rooms were roped off and it was sparse.

Art! What more is there to say????!

Went to see Andy Warhol exhibit.

Very plain and boring. Cant really do much without being watched.

Pretty cool

You have to go there