The University of Michigan Museum of Art
525 South State Street
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1354
telephone: 734.764.0395
fax: 734.764.3731
Map
www.umma.umich.edu
New Summer Hours—July 1 through September 4
Galleries:
Tuesday through Friday 10 am–7 pm
Saturday 10 am–5 pm
Sunday 12–5 pm
Building:
Monday and Saturday 10 am—5 pm
Tuesday through Friday 8 am–7 pm
Sunday 12–5 pm
Regular Gallery Hours
Select public areas within the Maxine and Stuart Frankel and the Frankel Family Wing, including the Commons and the Forum, are open to the public daily from 8 am–10 pm.
The Museum's galleries are closed on Mondays and major holidays.
Admission
Admission to the Museum is always free.
$5 suggested donation is appreciated.
Location, Parking, Transportation
Location
UMMA is located at the gateway to the University of Michigan's central campus, at the intersection of South State and South University. For bus information, visit www.theride.org or call 734.996.0400. Parking is available in garages on Maynard and South Forest, with metered parking on adjacent streets.
General Information
In 2009, the University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA) opened a landmark 53,000-square-foot expansion, named the Maxine and Stuart Frankel and the Frankel Family Wing for its lead benefactors, and a major restoration of its historic, 41,000-square-foot home, Alumni Memorial Hall. Designed by principal architect Brad Cloepfil and his team at Allied Works Architecture, the $41.9 million transformation not only more than doubled the space available for collections display, temporary exhibitions, programs and educational exploration; but, also, fulfilled the Museum’s mission to bridge visual art and contemporary culture, scholarship and accessibility, tradition and innovation.
Mission
The University of Michigan Museum of Art seeks to transform individual and civic life by promoting the discovery, contemplation, and enjoyment of the art of our world. One of the finest university art museums in the country, UMMA holds collections representing 150 years of art collecting. A dynamic schedule of special exhibitions and interpretative programs connects visitors with the rich artistic legacy of the past and today’s avant-garde.
One of the Museum of Art’s most important roles is its contribution to the academic mission of the University of Michigan. From the research and study uses of the extraordinary works of art in our collections, to the teaching implications of all of our temporary exhibitions, the Museum plays an increasingly central role in the academic life of the University, even as it connects to broad regional and national community audiences.
Galleries: Museum Floor Plan
- Anthony Randazzo Family Gallery
From the medieval period through the exuberance of the Baroque.
- Marvin H. and Mary M. Davidson Gallery
European and American Art 1650–1830.
- Museum Apse
This gallery focuses on “grand manner” European and American art from 1850 to 1915.
- Thomas H. and Polly W. Bredt Gallery
18th- and 19th-Century European and American painting and sculpture.
- Albertine Monroe-Brown Study-Storage Gallery
Visible or “open” art storage galleries are located on the second floor of Alumni Memorial Hall
- European and American Decorative Art
Reopening the 360-degree views of the Apse and providing a point of transition between Alumni Memorial Hall and the new Frankel Wing.
- A. Alfred Taubman Gallery
The Museum's soaring, and at over 5,000 square feet its most spacious, special exhibition space.
- Robert and Lillian Montalto Bohlen Gallery of African Art
African art from a range of regions and traditions is on view in this light-filled oasis in the new Frankel Wing .
- Asian Crossroads Gallery
Displaying works from central, south, and southeast Asia.
- South and Southeast Asian Gallery
A marble column from a Jain temple in northwest India sitting beside a sculpture of the Hindu god Ganesh speak to the range of cultures.
- Japanese Gallery
UMMA’s Japanese collection has notable strengths in painting and ceramics of the early modern era.
- Modern Art Foyer
Moving to the Mezzanine Level, visitors will encounter the first of a suite of galleries dedicated to modern and contemporary art.
- Joan and Bob Tisch Gallery of Modern and Contemporary Art
- The Jan and David Brandon Family Bridge
This space is both literally a bridge across the triple-height Vertical Gallery and a transition to the Museum’s new Asian galleries.
- Shirley Chang Gallery of Chinese Art
UMMA’s Chinese collection spans three thousand years and many dynasties.
- Woon-Hyung Lee and Korea Foundation Gallery of Korean Art
UMMA’s exquisite Korean pottery, as well as an evolving collection of furniture, decorative arts and painting.
- Vertical Gallery
Viewable from any level of the new Frankel Wing is perhaps the most architecturally dramatic space in the expanded Museum.
- Irving Stenn, Jr, Family Project Gallery
The Museum's glass-walled temporary exhibition space devoted to cutting-edge contemporary installation art.
Exhibitions:
Peter Campus: Kiva
May 5-August 12, 2012
Recent Acquisitions: Curator's Choice, Part II
March 31-August 5, 2012
Haroon Mirza
March 17 - July 22, 2012
Robert Wilson: Video 50
January 7 - April 29
New Media Gallery
Outdoor Sculpture (locations map)
