The Museum’s permanent collection of more than 17,000 works of art, features holdings of Asian art and works on paper (drawings, prints, and photographs), as well as significant collections of European masterworks, 20th-century and contemporary art, and North Carolina pottery.
The Ackland organizes more than a dozen special exhibitions a year.
Exhibitions & Dates
Color Across Asia
Dec 21 2016 - May 26 2019
Art from across the continent, covering several millennia
Patrick Dougherty: Step Right Up
Oct 27 2017 - Aug 31 2019
Large-scale site-specific outdoor art installation made entirely of tree saplings
A New Look: The Permanent Collection Galleries Re-energized
Dec 1 2018 - Dec 6 2020
A fresh look at post-1950 global art, African works, Asian art, recent acquisitions, and more