One way to beat the heat this summer in the South is by taking in an exhibit at one of the various museums across the region. MutualArt.com has provided a list of top museum exhibitions to see this summer. How did these particular ones make it on a list? According to MutualArt.com CEO and Founder Moti Shniberg, "These are all world-class exhibitions in quality museums, and most of them are on only over this summer – so we are encouraging museum-goers to make sure they include them in their vacation itineraries."

• Making It New: The Art and Style of Sara and Gerald Murphy  at the Dallas Museum of Art, showing through September 14.
• The Baroque World of Ferdinand Botero at the New Orleans Museum of Art, June 28 - September 21.
• Psychedelia: Rock ‘n’ Roll Posters, 1965 – 1970 at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, showing through August 24.
• Josh Simpson: A Visionary Journey in Glass, 1972-2007 at the Mobile Museum of Art,July 4 - September 21.
• Sympathy for the Devil: Art and Rock and Roll Since 1967 at the Museum of Contemporary Art in North Miami, Fla., showing through September 7
• Voom Portraits: Robert Wilson at the Bass Museum of Art in Miami, showing through August 3. 
• In the Hands of African American Collectors: The Personal Treasures of Bernard and Shirley Kinsey at the Norton Museum of Art in West Palm Beach, Fla., showing through July 20.
• Passing Time: The Art of William Christenberry at the Telfair Museum of Art in Savannah, Ga., showing through September 28.
• Julie Mehretu: City Sitings at the North Carolina Museum of Art in Raleigh, N.C., August 17 - November 30.
• El Greco to Velázquez: Art During the Reign of Philip III at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University in Durham, N.C., August 21 - November 9.
• TRANSactions: Contemporary Latin American and Latino Art at the Weatherspoon Art Museum in Greensboro, N.C., June 21 - September 28.