Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, University art museum at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, United States.
The Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is an art museum on the Vassar College campus that displays paintings, sculptures, prints, and photographs spanning from ancient times to today. Its gallery spaces are organized to show different periods and styles of art throughout the building.
The museum was founded in 1864 as part of Vassar College from the very start, making it one of the first university art museums in the nation. Over the decades, it grew through donations of important art collections from patrons and benefactors.
The center serves as a gathering place for students and visitors who come to encounter art from many cultures and historical periods in one space.
The museum is located on the Vassar College campus and offers free entry to explore its galleries at your own pace. You can walk through multiple rooms to see different collections, so plan to spend a few hours if you want to visit everything.
The collection holds rare Old Master prints including works by Albrecht Dürer and Rembrandt van Rijn that many visitors overlook. These valuable works are displayed carefully and offer visitors a chance to see intricate details up close that are often missed in larger museums.
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