The A. E. Backus Museum & Gallery is located at 500 North Indian River Drive, Fort Pierce, Florida.

[1] The museum contains the largest public collection of paintings by Backus,[1] a preeminent Florida landscape painter.

The Fort Pierce Art Gallery was loosely modeled after the artist’s Old Studio on the north bank of Moore’s Creek.

[10] In 1975, the gallery was remodeled to remove the structure’s breezeway because the courtyard was exposed to the elements and susceptible to damaging climate conditions, which threatened not only their own collection of artworks but also thwarted attempts at hosting traveling exhibitions.

[11] The gallery installed a skylight to replace the open courtyard and added air conditioning for climate control during renovations.