The University of Oregon’s Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art opened in 1933. Designed by Ellis Lawrence, UO dean of Architecture & Allied Arts at the time, the museum was built to house the Murray Warner Collection of more than 3,700 works of art given to the University of Oregon by Gertrude Bass Warner. Now the JSMA’s collection features over 18,000 objects with extensive holdings of Chinese, Japanese, Korean and American art. Special exhibitions galleries display works from the collection as well as works on loan, representing many cultures of the world, past and present. The JSMA at the University of Oregon fosters global understandings of art and cultural histories working with faculty, students, and communities to contribute to a more just, equitable, and sustainable world.
