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Museum of Art and Archaeology

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The Museum of Art and Archaeology is the art museum of the University of Missouri-Columbia. The museum is located in Pickard Hall, which also houses the Department of Art History and Archaeology.

History

The Museum of Art and Archaeology was founded in 1957 as the Study Collections for Art History and Archaeology. In 1961 it became the Museum of Art and Archaeology. In that year fourteen Old Master paintings from the Samuel H. Kress Foundation were given to the university, and the first gallery of the museum was opened in the university library building. In 1976 the collections became generally accessible when the museum moved to Pickard Hall, named in honor of Professor John Pickard. Pickard, who trained in Germany, was the first chair of the university's Department of Art History and Archaeology, founded in 1891.

Together with Professor Walter Miller, an archaeologist and first dean of the university's Graduate School, Pickard immediately began collecting original works of art, as well as materials for teaching-slides, photographs, oil copies of famous paintings, and a collection of plaster casts of famous sculptures (Cast Gallery). The whole collection was named the Museum of Classical Archaeology and History of Art. Over one hundred and fifty works of art from those early years are still part of the Museum of Art and Archaeology's collection.

With the move to Pickard Hall (left) in 1976 the museum began to play a more significant role in the community. A friends' group, Museum Associates, was founded at the time of the opening and has played a significant role in supporting the museum's activities and acquisitions throughout the years.



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Hours of Operation:
 OpenClosed
Mon9:00 AM4:00 PM
Tue9:00 AM4:00 PM
Wed9:00 AM4:00 PM
Thr9:00 AM8:00 PM
Fri9:00 AM4:00 PM
Sat12:00 PM4:00 PM
Sun12:00 PM4:00 PM
Notes: Closed: Mondays; December 25 through January 1; University of Missouri holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and the Friday following, and Christmas Day. For information, please call: 573-882-3591. Office Hours Monday to Friday, 8:00 a.m. to noon; 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. The University adopts summer hours, 7:30 - 4, and the Museum usually follows these hours for its office staff.

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