Founded in 1883, the museum has expanded its original neoclassical landmark building with two major additions to hold a collection of more than 89,000 objects spanning 20,000 years and representing diverse cultures across all continents.
Collections are grouped into seven curatorial areas: Arts of Africa & the Americas; Contemporary Art; Decorative Arts, Textiles & Sculpture; Asian Art; Paintings; Photography and New Media; and Prints and Drawings.
Please check the museum website for updated exhibition information. Scheduling may have been modified as a result of the temporary museum closure.
Exhibitions & Dates
Eternal Offerings: Chinese Ritual Bronzes
Mar 4 2023 - May 21 2023
150 Chinese bronze objects evoke the mystery of heavenly and ancestral worship
Reflections on Reality: Drawings and Paintings from the Weisberg Collection
May 14 2022 - Dec 10 2023
Realist, Symbolist and Art Nouveau drawings and small paintings
The Poetic Abstractions of Maki Haku: - Prints from the Kimm-Grufferman Collection
Jun 4 2022 - Apr 9 2023
Calligraphy, geometric forms, and textures collide in these prints
Night Life: Nocturnal Worlds in African Art
Dec 10 2022 - Sep 10 2023
20 African artworks explore ways nighttime was perceived and experienced.
In the Making: Modern and Contemporary Fiber Art - New Acquisitions
Oct 29 2022 - Jul 16 2023
Modern and contemporary fiber art
German Prints in the Later 1400s
Oct 22 2022 - May 14 2023
Woodcuts and engravings flourished in the 1400S
Paintings from South América: The Thoma Collection (1600-1800)
Oct 1 2022 - Apr 2 2023
Fifteen works made by artists in Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia during Spanish colonial rule
Revolution à la Mode: Fashion and Music in Revolutionary France
Sep 10 2022 - Mar 5 2023
Hand-colored fashion plates and the soundscape of Revolutionary Paris