Mission:
The Museum of Art and Archaeology advances understanding of our artistic and cultural heritage through research, collection and interpretation. We help students, scholars and the broader community to experience authentic and significant art and artifacts firsthand and to place them in meaningful contexts. We further this mission by preserving, enhancing and providing access to the collections for the benefit of present and future generations.

Treasures from Antiquity: The Weinberg Gallery of Ancient Art
Ongoing

The Museum’s antiquities collection includes objects representing the major cultures of the ancient Mediterranean world. While Greek and Roman art are the collection’s emphasis, ancient Egypt and the ancient Near East are also significantly represented. Particular strengths in the Greek and Roman collections include approximately 3,000 coins, and a significant number of lamps, glass objects (mostly vessels), Greek and South Italian pottery, terracotta sculpture, and small bronzes. A growing collection of stone sculpture is represented by Roman funerary monuments, portraits of the emperors Nero and Hadrian, and one of an unidentified third-century empress. The antiquities collection also includes substantial holdings representing the cultures of Egypt, Anatolia, Mesopotamia, Iran, Palestine, and Cyprus. Iranian artifacts are particularly strong in pottery and Luristan . A number of pottery vessels from the early Hacilar and Yortan cultures strengthen the Anatolian collection. The Museum’s interest in the archaeology of Cyprus has led to the acquisition of a fine collection of Cypriot pottery. A painted linen mummy shroud, plaster mummy masks, a Coptic tunic, a collection of Coptic textile fragments, and an exquisite agate bowl are exceptional examples from the Egyptian holdings. Finally, over 900 objects from the Palestinian region attest the Museum’s long-standing connections with the archaeology of that area.


The European and American Galleries
Ongoing

The Museum of Art and Archaeology boasts an exceptional collection of medieval through 19th century art, built around a Samuel H. Kress Study Collection received in 1961. Works by Bordone, Mellone, Romanino, Frans Francken the Younger, Caracciolo, and Bramantino, van Goyen, Romney, Gerry, Bierstadt, George Caleb Bingham. Wyburg, Vedder, Bricker and Colman grace the main galleries, with a smaller gallery dedicated to Byzantine and medieval works.


The Robert and Maria Barton Gallery of Modern & Contemporary Art
Ongoing

While the exhibitions in the Robert and Maria Barton Gallery of Modern & Contemporary Art regularly change to keep the galleries fresh and vibrant, currently works by Vasarely, N.C.Wyeth, Picasso, Demuth, Chihuly, Pettibone, Tryon, Sandzen, Larry Rivers, Daniel Garber, and Nam June Paik are on display. In addition, a special exhibition of photographs by Andy Warhol--a gift from the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts--is currently being shown.

Collecting for a New Century: Recent Acquisitions
Jan. 28 - May 13

Collecting for a New Century: Recent Acquisitions celebrates the continuing addition of important works of art to the collections of the Museum of Art and Archaeology during the twenty-first century. The Museum has acquired many exceptional artworks in recent years through generous gifts, bequests and purchases. While some of these works have already been included in previous Museum exhibitions, the vast majority of works remain unknown to Museum visitors. This exhibition showcases the significance and diversity of these new acquisitions to the collection.


Black Women in Art and the Stories They Tell
February 1st-April 29th, 2012


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