Samek Art Museum

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    About

    Mission

    The Samek Art Museum is a program of Bucknell University that creates meaningful encounters between artists, students, scholars, the public, and works of art. These encounters occur in the Campus Gallery, the Downtown Gallery, the Collection Study Room, and across campus in pop-up exhibitions and permanent art installations. Presenting visual fine art in critical contexts consistent with Bucknell’s high academic standards, the museum challenges students and extends the intellectual life of campus in an informal life long learning environment. The museum is an academic art lab where experimental art, innovative curatorial practices, and co-curricular programming generate new ways to engage and inspire audiences.

    Collections

    5,500+ artworks
    450 artworks installed across campus
    Works by: Rembrandt van Rijn, Francisco de Goya, Noriko Yamamoto, James McNeill Whistler, Louise Bourgeois, Pablo Picasso, Sam Gilliam, Guerrilla Girls, Andy Warhol, Salvador Dali, Albrecht Dürer, Carrie Mae Weems, Shahzia Sikander and thousands more.

    Campus Gallery, top floor, Elaine Langone Center on Bucknell Campus

    Facilities

    Samek Gallery: Top Floor, Elaine Langone Center, Bucknell Campus
    Downtown Gallery: 416 Market Street, Lewisburg

    The Downtown Gallery, 416 Market Street, Lewisburg

    Diversity Statement 

    The Samek Art Museum actively contributes to Bucknell University’s commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion. The Museum believes that social diversity drives artistic complexity and contributes to a broad intellect. Our exhibitions bring historically underrepresented artists and cultural perspectives to bear on the important question of our time. We serve our multicultural audiences through socially relevant programs and inclusive interpretive materials. We build our collection to reflect the diverse world we live in and to model the equitable future we strive for.

    For Bucknell’s Diversity Statement please click here

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    Gallery Locations

    Campus Gallery
    Top Floor, Elaine Langone Center
    Bucknell University
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    Downtown Gallery
    416 Market Street
    Lewisburg, PA 17837
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