legacy of exhibitions, cultural education, and community outreach
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Legacy of Exhibitions, Cultural Education, and Community Outreach
About the museumOne of the largest and best-attended
art museums in the Mountain West, the BYU Museum of Art offers a
dynamic exhibition schedule that includes displays of its permanent
collection, world-class traveling shows and thought-provoking
exhibitions organized by museum curators.
About the museumOne of the museum's most important
roles is its contribution to the academic mission of Brigham Young
University.
From the research and study of the artworks in the permanent collection,
to the teaching and learning that occurs in classrooms and galleries,
the museum plays an important role in the academic pursuits of many
students at BYU.
About the museumAt the same time, the museum connects to broad community
audiences through its exhibitions and educational programming.
About the museumThe Brigham Young University Museum of Art is a four-story,
modern facility of more than 102,000 square feet in size.
The museum houses ten exhibition galleries, an auditorium, classrooms, a small theater, a print study room, a
gift store, and security and administrative offices.
AttendanceAnnual Attendance:
28th in the Nation.Ranking places the MOA ahead of
the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the Dallas Museum of Art.
Annual Attendance for University Art Museums:
1st among Universities.
Lighting
Flexible lighting system with variable dimmers
Temperature & Humidity
Centralized 24-hour temperature, humidity &
filtered air control systems
Year-round 70-72 degrees with 35% humidity
(42-45% for special works and exhibitions)
Security
CCTV intrusion alarms, comprehensive
internal & external surveillance video cameras
with continual record
No. of Galleries
14
Total exhibition space = 27,000 sq. ft.
Education Facilities
Auditorium – seats 170
Electronic Classroom – seats 35
Orientation Theatre – seats 35
Teaching Studio
Study Gallery
Library
Secure Print Study Room
Docent Meeting Room
MUSEUM INFO
Features Features, cont.
Fire
Central fire sprinklers, Autocall fire
alarm/smoke detection system
Receiving & Handling
Receiving room, 2 secured holding vaults,
exhibition staging room, isolation room
Covered receiving dock with hydraulic
leveling system
Matting & Framing
Permanent professional on-site framers
MUSEUM INFO
Facilities Facilities, cont.
MUSEUM DESIGNThe Museum of Art was designed by Los Angeles architect James Langenheim. Former
directors of lighting and design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, LeMar Terry and Stuart
Silver, assisted in determining the sophisticated lighting requirements and the best functional
use of space.
Prominent personnel from such associations as the Smithsonian Institution,
the Getty Museum, and the National Gallery of Art also contributed to the design and
planning of the building. The objective of these designers was to construct an art museum
that not only exhibited art but was itself a work of art. The building's articulated triangular
shape provides a constant change in size, direction, form and light.
Museum Map
GALLERIES
Ernst F. Lied, Ernst M. & Ida K. Lied Gallery
GALLERIES
Marian Adelaide Morris Cannon Gallery and
Conway A. Ashton & Carl E. Jackman Gallery
GALLERIES
Marian Adelaide Morris Cannon Gallery
GALLERIES
Arline Harman Gallery
GAlleries
Paul & Betty Boshard Gallery and Warren & Alice Jones Gallery
GaLleries
Conway A. Ashton & Carl E. Jackman Gallery
Museum PhilosophyThe Museum of Art is a place
where the heart and mind are brought together to seek
knowledge and values, self affirmation and spiritual
understanding.
We hope your experience in the Museum will nurture a more
reflective mind, a capacity for deeper inquiry, a stronger
commitment to excellence and integrity, and heightened
appreciation for others andtheir ideas.
MUSEUM FEATURES
Sculpture Garden Museum Auditorium
Museum Features
Exhibition Fabrication Registration
OTHER FEATURES
Design Library
Museum Features
Museum Store Student Work Room
OTHER FEATURES
Administrative Offices Cafe
Museum FeatureS
K-Room Security
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
Evening for Educators Family Programs
PERMANENT COLLECTIONSThe Museum of Art's permanent collection of more than 17,000 objects has a special emphasis on American art from the late 18th century to the present, including painting, photography, prints and sculpture. The Museum secures large holdings of Hudson River School landscape paintings and
works of American impressionism.
The Museum's collection has particularly large holdings of works by J. Alden Weir, Mahonri Young, Maynard Dixon, and Minerva Teichert. The Museum's growing religious collection includes
painting and prints by artists such as Carl Bloch and Rembrandt. Many of these items can be viewed online.
moa.byu.edu
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Maynard DixonSanford Robinson Gifford
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Frederick Edwin Church Kitagawa Tamara
Permanent Collections
Daniel Ridgway Knight John Singer Sargent
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
J. Alden Weir Minerva Teichert
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Richard Misrack Reuben Nakian
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Rembrandt Bloch
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Brower Hatcher Albert Paley