Kemper Art Museum at WashU

The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, part of the Sam Fox School of Design & Visual Arts at Washington University in St. Louis, is committed to preserving and developing its art collection and continuing its legacy of collecting significant art of the time; providing excellence in art historical scholarship, education, and exhibition; inspiring social and intellectual inquiry into the connections between art and contemporary life; and engaging audiences on campus, in the local community, across the nation, and worldwide. 

Founded in 1881, the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum is a nationally accredited university art museum with an exceptional collection of 19th-, 20th-, and 21st-century American and European art and a stimulating program of intellectually rigorous special exhibitions. The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum distinguishes itself nationally and internationally as a leader among university museums, and advances innovative scholarship and learning in the arts through meaningful and creative approaches.