From museum collections to public murals, Palm Beach County, Florida is a canvas for artisans and art aficionados.With an arts council turning 40 in 2018, a growing acknowledgment for street art and a top museum undergoing a massive expansion, it’s easy to picture this southern region of the Sunshine State as a creative destination.Here’s where to get cultured in Palm Beach County:MORE Destination & TourismWest Palm BeachWest Palm Beach’s downtown section is buzzing with artistic development throughout much of the West Palm Beach Arts and Entertainment District.Founded by steel industrialist and art collector Ralph Norton in 1941, the Norton Museum of Art is currently undergoing a $100 million expansion with a grand reopening scheduled for February 2019. During this time, the museum remains open to the public. It holds a collection of American, European and Chinese art and photography and contemporary art.The expansion will restore the East-West symmetry of the museum’s original architectural plan. A new sub-tropical garden and green space serves as a social gathering spot, display area for sculptures and additional programming section. Other inclusions are a new entry forecourt, 12,000 square feet of gallery space and the creation of a 42,000 west wing, plus add-ons such as a restaurant and a 210-seat, state-of-the-art auditorium.Within West Palm Beach’s El Cid Historic Neighborhood, the Ann Norton Sculpture Gardens gives Norton’s second wife, Ann Norton—a sculptor whose work has been featured at New York City’s Museum of Modern Art and the Whitney Museum of American Art—her due.The interior of the couple’s former home is gallery space for Ann’s work, while the backyard holds her studio and a sculpture garden.Public art displays have been easing into West Palm Beach’s Arts and Entertainment District with works by Florida-based, national and international artists. With a city ordinance requiring private developments to support public art through commission or financial contributions, visual artists apply for a workspace by presenting their potential design to the city’s Art in Public Places committee.Much of this can be seen between Okeechobee Boulevard and Palm Beach Lakes Boulevard, on sides of buildings, in parks and along walkways. Explore on your own or go on a guided bike or walking tour available through Visit Palm Beach.READ MORE: A Palm Beach PrimerPalm BeachIn Palm Beach, the Flagler Museum is a standing reminder of the Gilded Age. It was a 75-room mansion that Henry Flagler (one of the founders of Standard Oil) built as a wedding present for his second wife, Mary Lily Kenan Flagler.The mansion was a winter escape for the couple until Flagler’s death in 1913. After Mary’s passing four years later, the property became a hotel in the mid-1920s through the late 1950s. At risk for demolition, Henry’s Flagler granddaughter, Jean Flagler Matthews, formed a nonprofit to save it and the mansion became a museum in 1960.A National Historic Landmark, tour this estate and glimpse into exquisite rooms and exhibits such as Mr. Flagler’s private railcar.Delray BeachThis Southeast coastal city has a good amount of beachfront, but its cultural finds hold their own against sand and surf.North of Atlantic Avenue, the Pineapple Grove Arts District is a colorful area mixed with restaurants, art galleries and even bright murals such as dancing pineapples. There’s also an Artists Alley, a grass-roots collective with at-work artist studios. A self-guided First Friday Art Walk series happens from 6 to 9 p.m. and extends to these locations within the downtown area.Performance art has its place in Delray Beach too. A set of century-old school buildings, Old School Square is an arts and entertainment complex holding concerts, exhibitions, art education programs and plays. Delve into Japanese culture at Morikami Museum and Japanese Gardens, a tranquil setting featuring a versatile garden complex, museum and a Seishin-an Tea House.Lake WorthThis lakeside city is home to the Cultural Council of Palm Beach County, which acts as both an arts advocate and a visitor’s center for promoting community events.Their headquarters holds 2,500-square feet of flexible gallery space for temporary and ongoing exhibits plus areas for arts education programs and musical performances. Two years ago, a Cultural Concierge program was launched with an appointed staff member curating arts-related itineraries.Now for 2018, the council marks its 40th anniversary with a coinciding exhibit called “Ruby”, with works interpreting this milestone gemstone through February 10. Also in Lake Worth, the annual Lake Worth Street Painting Festival gives the city extra color with contemporary and 3D illusionist paintings (2018 dates are February 24-25) via subjects encompassing wildlife, pop culture references and original creations.Boca RatonFounded about six decades ago, the Boca Raton Museum of Art is a contemporary art museum with a rotating sculpture garden and exhibitions displaying works by national artists along with Florida-based ones. It also operates a separately located art school and an artists guild gallery.Its permanent collection includes American and European art, works on paper, African and pre-Columbian objects, and an extensive range of photography. At the museum’s entrance, notice “Marty’s Cube,” a sculpture made by artist Tony Rosenthal (who also created a moving cube in NYC’s Astor Place).READ MORE: Best Beaches in FloridaBoynton BeachBoynton Beach has a creative scene that can be driven and walked through. Boynton Beach Arts District is within a former industrial warehouse area now having about 11 visual or performance artists occupying studios for creating with metal or stone or paint or music.The district features open mic nights, monthly art walks and other events. As a year-long exhibition, “Albert on the Avenue” puts pop-up sculptures by metal sculptor Albert Paley along the city’s main boulevard through September 28. One fixture will be placed on permanent exhibit at 500 Ocean, a development space.