To find a museum in your area, link to the WWW Virtual Library web site . This exhaustive site has links to every museum in the country. Community Colleges Most community colleges have art history classes scheduled each semester. Typically survey courses are available that offer an overview of the major artistic movements in western art. Some colleges provide courses that explore some movements, such as Renaissance or medieval art.
Classes are affordable and can be taken close to home or work.
To find a community college in your area, do a search on the Internet. Here is a link for a list of community colleges located throughout the United States. Maybe you don't feel like committing to a semester of college by formally enrolling in a class. Most of the courses included in these programs meet only once a week for a limited period of time. The courses are eclectic and are taught by either art historians or artists.