Harvard Art Museums

Harvard Art Museums
The original Fogg Art Museum is one of the main entryways to the Harvard Art Museums
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Established1983 (1983) (by merger of 3 earlier museums)
Location32 Quincy Street
Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.
Coordinates42°22′27.1″N 71°6′52.9″W / 42.374194°N 71.114694°W / 42.374194; -71.114694
TypeArt museum
Collection size~250,000[1]
DirectorSarah Ganz Blythe
ArchitectRenzo Piano
OwnerHarvard University
Public transit accessHarvard (MBTA Red Line)
Websiteharvardartmuseums.org
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The Harvard Art Museums are part of Harvard University and comprise three museums:[2][3] the Fogg Museum (established in 1895),[4] the Busch-Reisinger Museum (established in 1903),[4] and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum (established in 1985),[4] and four research centers: the Archaeological Exploration of Sardis (founded in 1958),[5] the Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art (founded in 2002),[6] the Harvard Art Museums Archives, and the Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies (founded in 1928).[7] The three museums that constitute the Harvard Art Museums were initially integrated into a single institution under the name Harvard University Art Museums in 1983.[8] The word "University" was dropped from the institutional name in 2008.

The collections include approximately 250,000 objects in all media,[1] 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. The main building contains 204,000 square feet (19,000 m2) of space for public exhibitions, classrooms, conservation and research labs, and other related functions.[9] Approximately 43,000 square feet (4,000 m2) of space are dedicated to exhibitions.[3]

  1. ^ a b "Browse Our Collections". Harvard Art Museums. Retrieved 2021-09-17.
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference HAMHistory was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b "Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge / 2014". Art & Architecture Quarterly. AAQ East End. 22 November 2014. Retrieved 2021-09-18.
  4. ^ a b c "History". Harvard Art Museums. Archived from the original on 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  5. ^ "Archaeological Exploration of Sardis". Harvard Art Museums. Archived from the original on 2013-01-22. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  6. ^ "Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art". Harvard Art Museums. Archived from the original on 2013-05-10. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  7. ^ "Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies". Harvard Art Museums. 2008-02-18. Archived from the original on 2014-10-10. Retrieved 2013-07-20.
  8. ^ Cite error: The named reference Wolf was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  9. ^ "Harvard's new home for art". Harvard Gazette. 31 October 2014. Retrieved 2021-09-17.