Five fave flyover museums

A week ago I was in Buffalo, working on a magazine story about Clyfford Still. When I came back and started chatting with my friends, they all winced when I told them I was in Buffalo. No wait, I'd offer, the Albright-Knox has a top-notch collection. That earned me a lot of pitying looks. I'd seen those looks before... whenever I'd been to a city that most people don't think of as having a top-notch art museum. So because lists are fun (and I'm always meaning to do more of them) and in no particular order, here are five really good, but less-considered, art museums that are nowhere near Fifth Avenue. If bloggers have other nominations, I'll link later.

1. Albright-Knox Art Gallery: Fantastic permanent collection, great old building with both big spaces and small, the best Clyfford Still ever, and a good example of a museum that devotes itself to showing lots of parts of its permanent collection, lots of the time. And their contemporary Chinese art show this fall could be the sleeper hit of the season.
2. St. Louis Art Museum: Best German contemporary art collection in the US, and one of my favorite Matisses. Downside: They've got to be embarassed by how good the blog/websites StL's other art spaces are. (I love the Pulitemporary blog and you should too.) 
3. Baltimore Museum of Art: Speaking of Matisse, here and the Barnes are nirvana for Matisse fans. The BMA's contemporary galleries feel a little tired, but they have nice Truitt and a fantastic Alma Thomas.
4. Orange County Museum of Art: When I talk with curators, more and more they mention OCMA as a favored destination. (I've still gotta do a post on institutions and my last LA trip.) LA travel tip: Fly in or out of Long Beach and visit OCMA on that day. OCMA is not that far from the best little airport in the US.
5. Harwood Museum of Art: The best permanently-installed Agnes Martin experience in the US.