Museum & History · Museum/Historic
Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection
- Phone
- (434) 243-8500
- Website
- kluge-ruhe.org
The only museum outside Australia dedicated exclusively to exhibiting and studying Indigenous Australian art, holding the largest such collection in the United States. It sits in a converted house at Peter Jefferson Place just east of the city line.
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