Two visitors stand to the side of a figurative painting in a gold frame hanging on a red wall

Permanent Collection

Spanning one and a half city blocks and three buildings, the museum features more than 4,000 works on display as well as a rooftop terrace and a sculpture garden. Galleries showcase artworks from ancient times to the present, including vessels from Tang-dynasty China, early Italian paintings, textiles from Borneo, treasures of American art, masks from West Africa, modern and contemporary art, ancient sculptures, masterworks by Degas, van Gogh, and Picasso, and more.

An adult and two children stand before a large, low pedestal with three ceramic sculptures

Works On View by Asian American Artists

Collection Highlights

Ceremonial Cloth (Pua Kumbu)

Maker: Unknown

Female Figure (Biiga)

Artist: Zimwomdya Koudougou (Bonam village, died early 1970s)

Jina Rishabhanatha

Artist: Unknown

What's on View

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