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View of objects on display in the African art galleries.

African Art

The African art collection is now made up of some 3,000 works dating from antiquity through the 20th century, with over 200 cultural groups represented.

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View of the American Decorative Art gallery.

American Decorative Arts

Featuring approximately 20,000 objects in all media, the collection of American decorative arts is among the finest in the United States.

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View of American Paintings and Sculpture gallery

American Paintings and Sculpture

The American paintings and sculpture collection offers a teaching resource unparalleled in any university museum and is considered among the greatest public collections of American art in the nation.

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View of Ancient Art gallery

Ancient Art

The collection of art from the ancient Mediterranean world includes over 13,000 objects from the Near East, Egypt, Greece, Etruria, and Rome.

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View of Ancient Americas Gallery

Art of the Ancient Americas

The collection of art from the ancient Americas comprises approximately 1,500 objects, crossing cultural boundaries from the Olmec to the Inca and spanning more than 2,500 years.

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View of objects on display in the Asian art galleries.

Asian Art

The Asian art collection of nearly 8,000 works—from East Asia, South Asia, continental Southeast Asia, Iran, Iraq, and Turkey—spans the Neolithic period to the 21st century. 

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View of Early European Art gallery

European Art

The European art collection comprises works from the 9th through the 19th century, including one of the world’s finest groups of early Italian Renaissance paintings.

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View of Indo-Pacific gallery

Indo-Pacific Art

The collection represents the art of maritime Southeast Asia and includes over 26,000 objects, with strengths in ethnographic sculpture, ancient gold, textiles, and puppets.

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View of Modern and Contemporary gallery

Modern and Contemporary Art

The modern and contemporary art collection is noteworthy for exemplary works from the 20th century and the early years of the 21st century.

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View of the Numismatics gallery.

Numismatics

At more than 120,000 objects, the numismatics collection is by far the largest and most diverse held by any university in the United States. 

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View of 2022 works on paper exhibition titled, "Sets, Series, and Composite Prints"

Photography

The collection of photographs spans the medium’s history, with exceptional holdings of work made in America during the 20th century.

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View of 2022 works on paper exhibition titled, "Sets, Series, and Composite Prints"

Prints and Drawings

The collection features approximately 29,000 prints and over 11,000 drawings and watercolors from the 15th century to the present.

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    The Gallery actively researches the provenance of all works of art in its collection.

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