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The Binghamton University Art Museum is an
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. Located on the second floor of the main Fine Arts Building on the campus, the museum's permanent collection includes over 3,500 works from various eras and of different media. It includes "paintings, sculpture, prints, photographs, drawings, glass, ceramic, metalwork, manuscript pages and textiles from Egypt, Greece, Asia, Africa, Europe, North America and
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cultures." As of 2013, the University Art Museum began an initiative to expand the accessibility of the collection with the greater public and to heighten its commitment to education. The facility is not currently accredited. The late professor Kenneth Lindsay, for whom the Kenneth C Lindsay Study room is named, founded the university's visual arts program and began its permanent art collection. Lindsay was one of the
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who retrieved art at the end of World War II.


Mission statement

"The mission of the Binghamton University Art Museum is to collect, preserve, present and document works of art from diverse cultures for the education, enrichment and entertainment of the campus community, the Greater Binghamton area, as well as the national and international art world. The museum has three main areas of operation: its permanent collection, temporary exhibitions, and educational outreach." Students are offered a chance to curate exhibitions within the museum as well as showcasing works. The museum offers free information tours for schools groups who come to campus and participates in a Lifelong Learning Program for adults.


Notable exhibitions and permanent collection

In an exhibition opened in January 2014, the museum showcased 50 works on paper from the 15th to 20th centuries, selected from its permanent collection, including works by
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Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (; ; ; 11 May 190423 January 1989) was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, and the striking and bizarr ...
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and is available to tour during public hours every week or by appointment in the Kenneth C. Lindsay Study room.


Facilities

Elsie B Rosefsky Gallery is located on the second floor of the arts building. This gallery on campus showcases special exhibitions and student work. Kenneth C. Lindsay Study room offers students, faculty and visitors of the museum the chance to request objects from the permanent collection for further research. A second floor mezzanine showcases works from the permanent collection while the main gallery space hosts rotating exhibitions from international artists and traveling exhibitions.


See also

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List of university art museums and galleries in New York State This is a list of university art museums and galleries in New York State. See also * University art museums and galleries in the United States * List of museums in New York (state) * List of nature centers in New York * List of State Universit ...


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