Collections Overview
Collections Project Summer 2007
The Tang Museum holds a culturally and historically diverse collection of over four thousand, five hundred artworks and ethnographic objects that serve primarily as a learning resource for faculty and students. Objects from the collection are frequently on view in exhibitions as well as in its two storage areas designed by architect Antoine Predock to be easily accessible for faculty and students.
The Kettlewell Print Study Room offers faculty, students and visitors an opportunity to view Skidmore’s print collection for academic study and research. Lucy Skidmore Scribner, founder of Skidmore College, donated the first prints in 1931. Highlights of the collection include prints by Rembrandt van Rijn, Albrecht Dürer, Francisco de Goya, William Hogarth, and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as photographs by Gary Winogrand, W. Eugene Smith, Eugène Atget, Nan Goldin and many more. The Kettlewell Print Study Room is also used for student-curated displays of works of art on paper.
Classes are held frequently in the Study and Permanent Collection Storage Area for paintings, sculptures, textiles, and ethnographic objects, which is designed with object display space capable of supporting the teaching function of the Tang. The Moreen O’Brien Maser Memorial Collection of Art offers examples of Pre-Columbian and Asian ethnographic objects. The collection of African objects donated by Bill and Gale Simmons represent many different regions and offers classes the opportunity to view a range of styles and techniques. The Tang Museum also offers limited public access to these collections, by appointment.
Access to the collection is available by appointment. Please contact Elizabeth Karp, Museum Registrar & Collections Manager, either via email at ekarp@skidmore.edu or by phone at 518.580.5065. Advanced notice of at least ten weekdays is required to ensure that all requests for viewing can be accommodated.
The Kettlewell Print Study Room offers faculty, students and visitors an opportunity to view Skidmore’s print collection for academic study and research. Lucy Skidmore Scribner, founder of Skidmore College, donated the first prints in 1931. Highlights of the collection include prints by Rembrandt van Rijn, Albrecht Dürer, Francisco de Goya, William Hogarth, and Roy Lichtenstein, as well as photographs by Gary Winogrand, W. Eugene Smith, Eugène Atget, Nan Goldin and many more. The Kettlewell Print Study Room is also used for student-curated displays of works of art on paper.
Classes are held frequently in the Study and Permanent Collection Storage Area for paintings, sculptures, textiles, and ethnographic objects, which is designed with object display space capable of supporting the teaching function of the Tang. The Moreen O’Brien Maser Memorial Collection of Art offers examples of Pre-Columbian and Asian ethnographic objects. The collection of African objects donated by Bill and Gale Simmons represent many different regions and offers classes the opportunity to view a range of styles and techniques. The Tang Museum also offers limited public access to these collections, by appointment.
Access to the collection is available by appointment. Please contact Elizabeth Karp, Museum Registrar & Collections Manager, either via email at ekarp@skidmore.edu or by phone at 518.580.5065. Advanced notice of at least ten weekdays is required to ensure that all requests for viewing can be accommodated.
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