 Georgia Museum of Art records
Collection DescriptionHistorical NoteThe Georgia Museum of Art, established on the campus of the University of Georgia in 1948, is both an academic museum and, since 1982, the official art museum of the state of Georgia. The permanent collection consists of American paintings, primarily 19th- and 20th-century; American, European and Asian works on paper; the Samuel H. Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings; and growing collections of southern decorative arts and Asian art. Scope and ContentThe collection consists of administrative records, photographs, scrapbooks, and promotional materials documenting the museum from the 1940s-2000s. Most materials date from the 1980s-2000s. Administrative InformationPreferred Citation[Item, box, folder], [Collection title, UA#], University Archives, University of Georgia Processing InformationSummaries of each box's contents are provided, but the collection is not processed at the file level. Please consult a staff member if you need assistance. Related Materials and SubjectsSubject TermsRelated Collections in this RepositoryRelated audiovisual materials from this collection are housed in the Walter J. Brown Media Archive: http://purl.libs.uga.edu/brown/har-ua92-157/bmac-coll | ||||||||||||||||||