Built in 1927, the Late Gothic Revival, brick and terra cotta structure was once the city's main high school.

It was designed by architect M. Leo Elliott in 1926 with the intention of setting itself apart from every other architectural feat in the city.

Its exterior features brick pier buttresses and glazed terra cotta cluster columns while the interior includes Gothic Revival motifs: coats of arms, quatrefoils, and arched ceilings.

Visitors are encouraged to step outside the museum's walls into the outdoor sculpture gallery featuring temporary exhibitions.

Bistro, the museum's café, is located on the first floor of Paul Rudolph's 1959 Vocational Shops building.

[6] The Sarasota Art Museum is home to OLLI, the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute of the Ringling College Continuing Studies Program.