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The
Permanent Collection
The Johnson
Museum has one of the finest collections of art in New York State
and is recognized as one of the most important university museums
in the country. Spanning the history of art, the Museum's collections
are especially strong in Asian art, nineteenth- and twentieth-century
American art, and the graphic arts.
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 Asian
Art
The George and Mary Rockwell Galleries on the Museum's
fifth floor feature outstanding works from China, Japan, India,
and many other Asian nations and cultures. The collection includes
everything from ancient artifacts to modern graphic art. The floor
also provides spectacular views of the Cornell campus, Ithaca, and
Cayuga Lake.
Selections
from the Asian collection
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 The
American Collection
includes work by many major American artists, including
Stuart Davis and Robert Rauschenberg, as well as members of the
Hudson River School and the American Impressionists to contemporary
art. Selections from the collection are always on display on the
second floor.
Selections
from the American collection
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 The
European Collection
ranges from Old Master drawings and seventeenth-century
Dutch landscapes and portraiture to nineteenth-century French Impressionist
and academic painting. The Museum also owns works by such modern
masters as Henri Matisse and Alberto Giacommetti. The first floor
galleries showcase this collection.
Selections
from the European collection
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The
Collection of Prints, Drawings, and Photographs
consists of more than 15,000 works in all media from
the fifteenth century to the present, with major examples by Albrecht
Durer, Rembrandt, and James McNeill Whistler, among others. The
extensive holdings provide the basis for rotating exhibitions that
focus on different themes and eras, and often accompany History
of Art classes. Photography holdings include works by a number of acclaimed
artists, including Berenice Abbott, Robert Frank, Alfred Stieglitz,
and Garry Winogrand.
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The
African, Pre-Columbian, and Oceanic Collection
features artifacts and objects from Africa, Pre-Columbian America,
and Oceania. Ranging from ancient to contemporary societies, the
pieces represented are of diverse origin and lend a unique and curious
insight to these cultures through their visual expression.
Selections
from the African collection
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