University of Kansas - Spencer Museum of Art

The Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas houses an internationally-known collection, currently numbering nearly 36,000 artworks and artifacts in all media.

The collection spans the history of European and American art from ancient to contemporary, and includes broad and significant holdings of East Asian art. After extensive renovations, the museum recently reopened its 20/21 Gallery, in which modern and contemporary objects are presented. Areas of special strength include medieval art; European and American paintings, sculpture and prints; photography; Japanese Edo-period painting and prints; 20th-century Chinese painting; and KU's ethnographic collection, which includes around 10,000 Native American,