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A. E. Backus Gallery & Museum

Fort Pierce, Italy

A. E. Backus Gallery & Museum

The A. E. Backus Museum & Gallery is located at 500 North Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida. This museum houses artwork by A. E. Backus and other Florida artists. The museum contains the largest public collection of paintings by Backus, a preeminent Florida landscape painter. The A.E. Backus

Museum & Gallery, an 8,000 sq. ft. public visual arts facility, was established in 1960 by Backus and a group of local art enthusiasts. The museum is dedicated to presenting and collecting works by Backus and the original Florida Highwaymen. Four additional exhibition wings feature changing exhibits of artwork by contemporary artists.

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