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We are a museum at the University of Kansas with two floors of galleries and a collection that represents different types of art from around the world. Admission is free for everyone!

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Aerial view of the Spencer Museum of Art

Upcoming Museum Closure

The Spencer Museum of Art galleries will be closed for required electrical upgrades Saturday, September 13 – Sunday, September 14. Thank you for your patience as we wrap up our building improvements.

Watercolor scene of two Black males, one in the water and one in a boat with conch shells with palm trees along the shore behind them

Soundings: Making Culture at Sea

This new exhibition explores how visual representations of oceans from different times and places across history have helped humans articulate questions and concerns that are political, cultural, and environmental.

Black-and-white print of a figure falling backward away from an overpowering sun with rays that surround them

Following the Sun

This virtual exhibition organized by Spencer interns explores depictions of the sun and sunflowers in our collection.

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Events

September 4
Talk
5:30–6:30PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Brosseau Learning Center
September 5
Activity
10:00AM–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Goddard Study Center
September 6
Activity
1:00–4:00PM
Spencer Museum of Art, Simons Gallery

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Browse art highlights

William Seltzer Rice (1873–1963)
1920
Albert Bierstadt (1830–1902)
late 1860s or 1870s
Jeanne Rij-Rousseau (1870–1956)
1915

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