David Owsley Museum of Art

David Owsley Museum of Art
David Owsley Museum of Art with sunset
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Established1936
LocationBall State University in Muncie, Indiana
Coordinates40°12′00″N 85°24′37″W / 40.1999°N 85.4104°W / 40.1999; -85.4104
Collection size11,000 items
DirectorRobert G. La France
Nearest car parkMcKinley parking garage
Websitewww.bsu.edu/artmuseum

The David Owsley Museum of Art (DOMA) is a university art museum located in the Fine Arts building on the campus of Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana, the United States of America. The museum's name was changed on October 6, 2011, from the Ball State Museum of Art to the David Owsley Museum of Art in honor of David T. Owsley, grandson of Frank C. Ball (one of the five Ball Brothers), to recognize his donation of over 2,300 works of art and planned gift of $5 million.[1][2] Since departments within the Fine Arts Building relocated to other areas on Ball State's campus, the museum has expanded its galleries, beginning in early-mid-2012 and ending in 2013.[3]

The museum is home to approximately 11,000 works of art (mostly paintings, photographs, prints and sculptures). It is one of only four Indiana art museums with an encyclopedic, world art collection.

  1. ^ Museum History.(Ball State University Website) Archived 2017-03-03 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved March 2, 2017.
  2. ^ Blume, Peter F. (2011). The Ball State University Museum of Art At 75: The Museum and a History of Its Collection, p.40-41. Ball State University Museum of Art.
  3. ^ Ball State Museum of Art receives donation, name of contributor (The Ball State Daily News Website), Retrieved January 25, 2012.