Art Exhibitions

Collecting and Recollecting: Celebrating Art of the Allen

The Allen Memorial Art Museum (AMAM) celebrates its impressive permanent collections this year, introducing the public to new works and old favorites. On view for the first time in many years are Ancient Near Eastern and Islamic objects, as well as recent acquisitions, and artworks that highlight special Oberlin stories. This reinstallation of the collections honors the foresight of a few and the generosity of many.

Visitors to the AMAM will find artworks in the following galleries:

  • The Nord Gallery: Renaissance Art
  • The Willard-Newell Gallery: 17th and 18th Century Art
  • The Hazel B. King Sculpture Court: 19th Century Art
  • Ambulatory Gallery: Ancient Near Eastern, Egyptian, Islamic, Greek & Roman, and Asian Art; Recent Acquisitions
  • East Gallery: Decorative Arts, Paintings, and Sculpture
  • The John N. Stern Gallery: European and American Art from 1900-1950
  • The Ellen Johnson Gallery: Art from 1950 to the Present
  • The Ripin Gallery: Prints, Drawings and Photographs

Special events celebrating the reopening of the AMAM will take place throughout the fall semester. For more information and event dates, please visit the AMAM’s website.

Hours:
Tuesday-Saturday: 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday: 1:00 to 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays and major holidays
Free Admission

Monet-Wisteria

Claude Monet (French, 1840 - 1926); Wisteria (Glycines), 1919-20;
Oil on canvas; R.T. Miller Jr. Fund, 1960.5