Eskenazi Museum of Art

Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University
Map
Established1941; 83 years ago (1941)
Location1133 E 7th St,
Indiana University,
Bloomington, Indiana
Coordinates39°10′09″N 86°31′11″W / 39.169135°N 86.519814°W / 39.169135; -86.519814
TypeArt Museum
Websiteartmuseum.indiana.edu

The Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art at Indiana University is an art museum at Indiana University Bloomington, which opened in 1941 as the Indiana University Museum of Art under the direction of Henry Radford Hope.[1] The museum was intended to be the center of a “cultural crossroads,” an idea brought forth by then-Indiana University President Herman B Wells.[1] The present museum building was designed by I.M. Pei and Partners and dedicated in 1982.[1] The museum's collection comprises approximately 45,000 objects, with about 1,400 on display.[2] The collection includes items ranging from ancient jewelry to paintings by Pablo Picasso and Jackson Pollock. In May 2016, after the announcement of the largest cash gift in the museum's history, the museum was renamed the Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art in honor of Indianapolis-based philanthropists Sidney and Lois Eskenazi.[3] The museum is located on the Indiana University Bloomington campus at 1133 E. Seventh Street.[4]

  1. ^ a b c Baden, Linda J. Indiana University Art Museum: Dedication. Bloomington, IN: Museum, 1982. Print.
  2. ^ Indiana University Art Museum. Indiana University Bloomington, 2004. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://www.iub.edu/~iuam/iuam_home.php>
  3. ^ Indiana University, 2016. Web. 11 May 2016. <http://news.indiana.edu/releases/iu/2016/05/art-museum-gift.shtml>
  4. ^ Boyum, Sarah. "IU Art Museum Receives Grant to Fund Art Courses, Academic Position." Indiana Daily Student. 16 May 2012. Web. 21 May 2012. <http://idsnews.com/news/story.aspx?id=87267 Archived 2012-07-22 at the Wayback Machine>