Sheldon Museum of Art
Sheldon Museum of Art | |
Front (east) entrance | |
| Location | R St & N 12th St Lincoln, Nebraska, U.S. |
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| Coordinates | 40°49′03″N 96°42′16″W / 40.8175°N 96.704444°W |
| Built | 1963 |
| Architect | Philip Johnson |
| Website | sheldonartmuseum |
| NRHP reference No. | 13000676 |
| Added to NRHP | September 3, 2013 |
The Sheldon Museum of Art is an art museum in the city of Lincoln, in the state of Nebraska in the Midwestern United States.
Previously called the University of Nebraska Art Galleries and later the Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery, the institution was renamed to Sheldon Museum of Art in 2008. Its collection was initially housed in various university locations before moving to a dedicated building in 1963, on the city campus of the University of Nebraska–Lincoln, designed by architect Philip Johnson. The building, funded by Frances Sheldon and A. Bromley Sheldon, is made of Roman travertine and features a grand hall, a distinctive staircase, and an installation by Isamu Noguchi.
Its collection focuses on 19th- and 20th-century art and the Sheldon houses over 12,000 artworks spanning multiple American art movements. The museum also encompasses an outdoor sculpture garden features more than 30 large-scale works by American modern and contemporary artists.