Visita guiada pública - Joyas de la colección del Blanton

Blanton Museum of Art is running its Blanton Highlights tour on Sunday, November 22, from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM. It's a guided walk through the museum's collection, led by one of the gallery teachers, and it's designed as an introduction for anyone visiting for the first time. The tour gives you an overview of the museum, its permanent collections, and the exhibitions on display, with the goal of showing you enough to make you want to come back and dig deeper.

One of the best things about it is that it's offered in both English and Spanish, and you don't need a reservation—you just show up. If you're not quite ready to commit to a full hour, it's a good way to get your bearings before you spend the rest of the afternoon wandering on your own. The museum also puts on themed tours, like Contemporary Artists, which covers work from the 1980s to today, Art of Latin America, and a Special Exhibition tour that focuses on the major show in the Butler Gallery or the works on paper in the Paper Vault, so if this one sparks something, there's plenty more to follow.

The tour meets in the Rapoport Atrium, on the ground floor of the Michener Gallery Building. It's free with museum admission, so as long as you've got your ticket, you're set. It runs from 1:30 PM to 2:30 PM on Sunday, November 22, at the Blanton Museum of Art in Austin.