Chazen Museum of Art

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The Chazen Museum of Art is an art museum located at the University of Wisconsin, in Madison, Wisconsin. It was known as the Elvehjem Museum of Art until 2005. The mission of the Museum is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit works of art and present related educational programs in support of the teaching, research, and public service mission of the University of Wisconsin.

The museum is named after Jerome Chazen, a University of Wisconsin graduate and a founding member of Liz Claiborne. In May 2005 he, along with his wife Simona, donated $20 million towards an expansion of the museum, which is due to be finished in 2009. The museum is currently in the process of fund raising the remaining $15 million required for the expansion.

Chamber concerts known as Sunday Afternoon from the Chazen (formerly Live at the Elvehjem) have been broadcast from the museum by Wisconsin Public Radio for decades.