Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art, Art museum at Auburn University, Alabama, US
The Jule Collins Smith Museum of Fine Art is an art museum located on Auburn University's campus in Alabama, housing works from the 19th and 20th centuries. The collection features American and European art by artists such as Georgia O'Keeffe and Pablo Picasso, along with the Bill L. Harbert Collection containing pieces by Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Joan Miró, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir.
The museum is named after Jule Collins Smith, wife of Albert Smith, who graduated from Auburn University in 1947. Smith donated funds to Auburn in support of building an art museum, as a gift to his wife for their 50th wedding anniversary. In spring 2013 the American Alliance of Museums accredited the museum, and in 2022 the AAM awarded it re-accreditation.
The museum's name honours Jule Collins Smith, wife of Albert Smith, an Auburn graduate of 1947 who funded the building as a gift for their 50th wedding anniversary. The Louise Hauss and David Brent Miller Audubon Collection holds prints by naturalist John James Audubon, and the museum is open to all visitors with free admission.
The museum is situated on Auburn's campus and offers free admission to all visitors. It participates in the North American Reciprocal Museums program, which provides additional benefits for museum-goers.
The Bill L. Harbert Collection of European Art holds prints and works by six artists: Marc Chagall, Salvador Dalí, Henri Matisse, Joan Miró, Pablo Picasso and Pierre-Auguste Renoir. The museum also belongs to the North American Reciprocal Museums program, the Southeastern Reciprocal Membership program and the Museum Travel Alliance.
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