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List of university museums in the United States

This is a list of college and university museums in the United States.

Overview

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University art museums and galleries are collections of art that are developed, owned, and maintained by schools, colleges, and universities. There are approximately 680 university art museums and galleries in the United States.[1] While historically the origins of these kinds of institutions can be traced back to learning collections in art academies in Western Europe, they are now most often housed in centers of higher education. The primary aim of many university art museums and galleries is to create a sphere removed from the pressures of the commercial art world where students, artists, curators, and faculty can experiment freely; in terms of both making and exhibiting art, and also curating.

Distinctions between art museums, galleries, and academic museums

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An art museum houses a permanent collection, whereas a gallery usually hosts a changing program of art exhibitions. However, some university and college art galleries also feature permanent collections or showcase collections owned by the larger institution. Some institutions have a museum or an art gallery, and some have both. Others, such as the City College of New York, have important collections but neither a museum nor a dedicated gallery.

Art schools in the United States often have many gallery spaces on campus. Maryland Institute College of Art has 21 galleries.[citation needed]

Many university and college libraries also feature galleries to showcase items from their collections, which can include art, music, poetry, literary works and ephemera.[citation needed]

Another important distinction is the difference between art museums and academic museums.[citation needed] All university art museums and galleries are types of academic museums, but not all academic museums are university art museums and galleries.[citation needed]

Vulnerability in times of crisis

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University art museums function in a number of different ways. Some exist as affiliates of a university, operated by a separate board of trustees and administration, while others are nested within the institution. Art museum collections can become vulnerable to deaccession due to fiscal issues. One such example of a controversial deaccession was the Randolph College scandal; when the administration sold paintings from the museum's collection without the permission of the museum.[2]

See also: Randolph College § Art controversies

Academic freedoms and artistic freedoms of expression

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University art museums and galleries differ from traditional art museums and commercial galleries due to their relationship with institutions of higher education where academic freedoms are ideally upheld. With the protection of academic freedoms, topics that would otherwise be avoided, ignored, or censored can be openly explored.[3] The two main academic freedoms are: the freedom of the student to study whatever they want, and the freedom of the teacher to teach whatever they want.[4] When these two freedoms are observed, in the context of a university art museum and/or gallery, a unique setting for academic discovery is opened up. University art museums and exhibits are sometimes sources of controversies regarding issues of propriety, politics, gender, and sexuality.

Alabama

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Alaska

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Arizona

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Arkansas

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California

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The Benton Museum of Art at Pomona College

Colorado

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Connecticut

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Delaware

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District of Columbia

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Florida

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NSU ART MUSEUM

Georgia

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Hawaii

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Idaho

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Illinois

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Indiana

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Iowa

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Kansas

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Kentucky

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Louisiana

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Maine

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Maryland

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Massachusetts

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Michigan

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See also: List of museums and collections at the University of Michigan

Minnesota

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Mississippi

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Missouri

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Montana

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Nebraska

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Nevada

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New Hampshire

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New Jersey

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New Mexico

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New York

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See also: List of university art museums and galleries in New York State

North Carolina

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North Dakota

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Ohio

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Oklahoma

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Oregon

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Pennsylvania

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Rhode Island

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South Carolina

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South Dakota

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Tennessee

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Texas

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Utah

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Vermont

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Virginia

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Washington

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West Virginia

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Wisconsin

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Wyoming

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Clark, Laine. "National Directory". University Art Museums & Galleries in Virginia. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  2. ^ "National Gallery buys George Bellows painting from Randolph College". Los Angeles Times. February 7, 2014. Retrieved June 10, 2014.
  3. ^ "The Tang Museum's Classless Society exhibit examines ideas of social class and the American Dream". Skidmore College News. February 11, 2014. Retrieved June 18, 2014.
  4. ^ James Morgan Hart, German Universities: A Narrative of Personal Experiences (New York: G.P. Putnam’s Sons, 1874); quoted in Leo L. Rockwell, “Academic Freedom: German Origin and American Development,” Bulletin of the American Association of University Professors 36, 2 (Summer 1950): 225-236.
  5. ^ "Alabama Museum of Natural History – University of Alabama Museums". Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  6. ^ "About the Museum – The Evelyn Burrow Museum". Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  7. ^ "Gorgas House Museum – University of Alabama Museums site". Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  8. ^ "Warner Transportation Museum – University of Alabama Museums". Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  9. ^ "Moundville Archaeological Park – University of Alabama Museums". Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  10. ^ "Paul W Bryant Museum – University of Alabama | The University of Alabama". Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  11. ^ "University of Alabama Museums – The University of Alabama". museums.ua.edu. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  12. ^ "Talladega College Holds Ribbon Cutting Ceremony for Official Grand Opening of New Museum Named for Alumnus and Hampton University President Dr. William R. Harvey, Home of the Amistad Murals : Hampton University News". news.hamptonu.edu. Retrieved October 19, 2023.
  13. ^ "Louis Carlos Bernal Gallery | Pima Community College, Tucson, Arizona". www.pima.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  14. ^ "About". Benton Museum of Art. Pomona College. Retrieved February 19, 2022.
  15. ^ Vankin, Deborah (February 27, 2019). "Southern California's newest art museum will be called the Benton". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 8, 2020.
  16. ^ "Archaeology Museum - Trinidad State Junior College". trinidadstate.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  17. ^ "- Oakton Community College". www.oakton.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  18. ^ "Gordon Parks Museum – Fort Scott Community College, Fort Scott, KS". Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  19. ^ Kennedy, Randy; Vogel, Carol (January 28, 2009). "Outcry Over a Plan to Sell Museum's Holdings". The New York Times. p. C1, NY Edition.
  20. ^ "Who we are". Williams College Museum of Art. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  21. ^ Draper, David. "Meteorite Museum". Meteorite Museum. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  22. ^ "Mesalands Community College's Dinosaur Museum and Natural Science Laboratory". Mesalands Community College. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  23. ^ "Geology Museum". Retrieved April 23, 2024.
  24. ^ "About the Mercer Gallery | Visual & Performing Arts | Monroe Community College". www.monroecc.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  25. ^ "Plaza Art Gallery". www.ncc.edu. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
  26. ^ a b "Werner Wildlife Museum". Casper College. Retrieved November 5, 2020.
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