A visit to the Memorial Art Gallery is a journey through more than 5,000 years of art history. From the relics of antiquity to works in the vanguard of contemporary movements, the Gallery offers a panorama of the world's art.The Gallery's permanent collection of more than 10,000 objects has been called the best balanced in the state outside of metropolitan New York City. In addition to its collection, the Gallery offers a year-round schedule of temporary exhibitions, lectures, concerts, tours and family activities.The Gallery was founded in 1913 by Emily Sibley Watson as a memorial to her son, architect James Averell. Given in trust to the University of Rochester, it is one of the few university-affiliated art museums in the country that also serve as community art museums. Today it is supported primarily by its membership, the University of Rochester and public funding from Monroe County, the New York State Council on the Arts, and the Institute of Museum & Library Services, a Federal agency.
500 University Avenue
Rochester, NY, New York 14607
Events:
Reshaping Rochester 2007 Lecture Series
Subject: Transportation for Livable Communities
Speaker: Walter Kulash, “Livable Traffic” Engineer for Glatting Jackson, new urbanist design firm, Orlando, Fla.
Category: , 19:00:00, 2007-05-15 19:00:00
Organ in Collaboration
Elizabeth Phillips, soprano
Christine Hauptly, violin
Ulrika Davidsson, organ
A new collaborative event in the "Going for Baroque" series, a monthly recital series featuring the Ital...
Category: Other, 17:30:00, 2007-09-16 17:30:00