From Eric Miller,
Your Guide to Graphic Design.
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Visiting museums of all types can be a great source of graphic design inspiration. This museum directory has a focus on modern art, design and technology, and it is always a work in progress. Many of the museum websites have online exhibits and well-designed websites, which can inspire as well. To submit a museum in your area, please contact the guide.

Boston

• Boston University Art Gallery
• Institute of Contemporary Art
• MIT Museum

Chicago

• The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture & Design
• Museum of Contemporary Art
• The Museum of Science & Industry

Denver

• Museum of Contemporary Art
• Denver Museum of Nature & Science

Los Angeles

• Architecture & Design Museum
• The Museum of Contemporary Art

Miami

• Museum of Contemporary Art
• The Wolfsonian

New York

• The Museum of Modern Art
• Guggenheim Museum
• Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
• Museum of Arts & Design

Philadelphia

• Institute of Contemporary Art

San Diego

• Museum of Contemporary Art
• The Museum of Photographic Arts

San Francisco

• San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
• Yerba Buena Center for the Arts
• Zeum: Arts & Technology Museum for Kids and Families
• San Francisco Museum of Craft & Design

Seattle

• Center on Contemporary Art
• Experience Music Project

Washington, DC

• National Building Museum
• Smithsonian Museums

To submit a museum, please contact the guide.