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

6,000+ 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.

The Campus Gallery, Top Floor, Elaine Langone Center on the campus of Bucknell University

Facilities

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

The Downtown Gallery, 416 Market Street, Lewisburg, PA

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

The Samek Gallery
3rd Floor, Elaine Langone Center
Bucknell University

The Downtown Gallery
416 Market Street
Lewisburg, PA 17837

Gallery Locations

Campus Gallery
Top Floor, Elaine Langone Center
Bucknell University
Hours

Downtown Gallery
416 Market Street
Lewisburg, PA 17837
Hours 

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