| Harvard Art Museums | |
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| Established | 1895 |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Director | Thomas W. Lentz |
| Website | harvardartmuseums.org |
The Harvard Art Museums, part of Harvard University, comprise three museums (the Fogg Museum, the Busch-Reisinger Museum, and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum) and four research centers (Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies, the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art, the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis).
The Harvard Art Museums are distinguished by the range and depth of their collections, their exhibitions, and the original research of their staff. The collections include approximately 250,000 objects in all media, ranging in date from antiquity to the present and originating in Europe, North America, North Africa, the Middle East, South Asia, East Asia, and Southeast Asia.
In 2008, the 32 Quincy Street building that formerly housed the Fogg Museum and the Busch-Reisinger Museum closed for a major renovation project to create a new museum building designed by architect Renzo Piano that will house all three museums in one facility.[1] During the renovation, selected works from all three museums are on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, located at 485 Broadway. The future of architect James Stirling's landmark Sackler Museum building is uncertain.
The Harvard Art Museums' online Collection Search features 250,000 works of art.
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