san antonio musueum of art Review

The free admission on Tuesdays and Sundays is a great way to make the cultural experience affordable for all.

This place is great! It is multi-story and has all types of artwork here, from ancient Egyptian reliefs, to Greek/Roman sculptures, oil paintings and carvings, and modern and contemporary art pieces. It is a little pricey, but they have discounts for students, vets, etc.

Lovely little art museum, near the river walk. Also check out the mcnay.

Great collection. Could spend the whole day here. Look for the free hours and take a walk along the river before or after.

No Bob Ross paintings but other than that it's pretty cool

You can get a coupon and its a free pass on any day you have to go there its the best!

I'm not usually one to visit a museum but this place was nice and a good spot to hide from the rain when I was in town. Friendly staff except for one girl who gave me attitude because I browsed my way into a "special" exhibit and would have to pay more money to venture any further. She wouldn't tell me what it was or any information other than "if you don't know about it then it's probably not for you". What? Ok I won't spend more money then.

So many amazing pieces from around the world. Staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. I really enjoyed traveling through time in each section.

Always enjoy the special family events with art activities for children.

Great place great staff very helpful very interesting

It's very educating and has beautifully displayed statues and artifacts from history. Its dim and quiet environment coupled with the benches is perfect to take notes, draw, and research in each exhibit. Admission price is high for regular adults but if you want to learn about our artistic past then it's definitely worth it. Been here twice already.

Very fun, love the egypt, roman and asian areas especially

More of an art history museum than having a focus on any certain medium, but the fantastic diversity of art is still worth going for

Eclectic mix of art, friendly staff and a lovely building. The restaurant was delicious as well. Worth a visit.

Great exhibits, mostly historical with a lot of neat and interesting facts of information. You'll find a lot of world history and artefacts here and the environment is nice and laid back. Discount for college students which is always a plus!

There is so much to see at the SAMA, and it's easy to spend the entire day going through each gallery. Also loved that the building was an old brewery repurposed into an art museum!

I happened upon a free guided tour during free hours and it was a refreshing way to see an art museum. Really enjoyable, in particular the Chinese, Egyptian and Roman collections. And one of the only in-tact send Mandalas in the US :)

Excellent museum and went during a special where they let military in for free. Very clean and the air conditioning was nice on a hot day. Everything is separated into geographical locations. Many cool exhibits

I'm a nature lover, and a liberal heart. I've been to the museum of history and science in New York, the Huntington Library in Pasadena and many other notable museums. This one in San Antonio bored me to death.
We went in October after reading from social media that they'd have a unique one of a kind Halloween display. That turned out to not be true.
If you've been in one art museum you've been to them all trust me on that one and save your $20 admission fee. The SA zoo is $21. Money better spent

Loved it. If you like art, history and ancient stuff it's for you.

This is my favorite museum in the city. They have a great mix of fresh, new art and old favorites like the Egyptian and Greek exhibits.

Loved this museum. I will continue to come back. Very educational, and beautiful

Awesome! Good collections and nice descriptions. This museum is like infinitely times more interesting than Alamo site.

I think should take a visit to the museum really interesting.

Can easily cover the whole museum.

Excessive amount of Chinese artifacts (2 separate floors). I would love to see more of Native American artifacts and expanded Texas art section.

Very fascinating artifacts in the West and lower East Towers

Beautiful museum and I specially enjoyed the japanese collection. Athough it wasn't that big, the information on the works themselves was well written and detailed. Both parking and entrance is free on tuesday, but it wasn't awfully packed. Would recommend for a day with friends/family.

This is a good place to spend a rainy day. They have artifacts thousands of years old. Probably wouldn't be very interesting to children. The gift shop had a good variety of items.

I like that this museum always seems to be in a state of transition. They appear to always be working on the next art installation. Bonus round fun that Sundays from 10 to Noon and you get in free! FREE! Free and art are the two best words in the human language (except, of course for words "Free beer") Anyway, on one side they have amazing Egyptian, Roman, Greek, Chinese, Japanese and Pacific Islander art. The other side features Texas art and modern art. I love the reuse of the historic building, the cool glass elevators and the all around vibe of the collection.

I feel in love with all the Roman art and statues. Beautiful glass art in the ceiling. Plus I can bring my family in the first Sunday and have a blast w arts and crafts. Love this place

Pretty. Although it isn't the best place for kids adults will find it really amazing with all the art they have here. When I come to San Antonio these exhibits are very interesting.

Really enjoyed the art they say they have the most Roman, Greek, and Egyptian art in the US and I believe them. It was a bit overwhelming but very well done! Definitely try and go during the Tuesday evening or Sunday morning time when it's free because nothing is better than free! It was busy on the Sunday morning we went but wasn't too busy to enjoy.

We are annual visitors to SAMA and we enjoy the rotation or artwork and the special exhibits.

I loved how varied the collection is
Parking was free... 3 floors of art collection and 3 stores of artifacts across the globe... would take anywhere between 2 to 3 hours to cover the whole museum

This museum is so relaxing and has very interesting stuff!

We had a wonderful experience. Friendly staff and very clean. Beautiful art.

Love SAMA! Love the jewelry of Chinese ethnic minorities collection! Gorgeous! Wonderful place. As a member, I can stop by for shorter, manageable visits.

I would highly recommend this place has f you are an art and history lover. More over there is no entry fees on General admission.

Love the Egyptian, Greek and Roman Arts. So beautifully crafted

This museum delivered so much more than I expected! Well laid out, well-presented exhibits and friendly staff.

They have a very large variety of exhibits representing different countries and cultures. Beautiful and very informative.

As far as museums go, SAMA is a little known national gem with an extensive collection that I think many would be surprised existed here in SA. Free Admission, Tuesdays, 4-9pm and Sundays, 10am-12pm!

Great exhibits, wonderful space, friendly folks and it used to be a brewery.

SAMA always has a great staying collection and very interesting rotating exhibitions.

A wonderful museum with art ranging from across the world. Everything from prehistoric to modern art. Give yourself ample time to visit. There is a lot to see.

Although there is some refurbishment going on, this is still a great museum. Nice docents, good variety of art in a repurposed old brewery.

The one thing I didn't like was the skybridge that was built from one section of the building to another. It completely ruins the asthetic. They are in the process of refurbishing it, but I wish they would just tear it down.

I happened to go on a free night, which was awesome. However, the experience is worth paying. This is one of the nicest museums in San Antonio that I've seen. They have interesting cool displays.

Tuesdays are free. I like free. The museum had plenty of interesting exhibits.

Free on sundays from 10am-12pm. So much to see. I love this museum

Great place to look at modern and contemporary art , hate that there are alot of kids that are brought here...less kids more dogs.

Free for students on certain days, better than expected, worth the visit.

Awesome museum, on all the bus tours we took, nobody got off here which is a shame. The Asian galleries were fantastic.

The permanent exhibits are small but with plenty of great pieces! Egyptian tombs, Greek battle helmets, plenty of huge Roman era statues, a great Texas artists wing. Then they get some great travelling exhibits like the from Spain with artists like Goya, Picasso, and Greco! Again - small but very worthy of having a must-see rating if you're in San Antonio!!