About Us
Since opening in 1990, the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida has been a cornerstone of the North Central Florida arts and culture ecosystem.
OUR MISSION AND VISION
Inspiring, educating, and enriching lives through art
The University of Florida’s Harn Museum of Art’s mission is to inspire, educate and enrich people’s lives through art.
The Harn uses the power of the visual arts to open conversations about our shared cultural history and pressing contemporary issues through exhibitions, collections, scholarship and programming of the highest caliber. The Harn strives to develop an academic community of creative, divergent thinkers in collaboration with the University of Florida, and fosters joy and community by welcoming students, UF faculty and staff and local residents to engage with art.
Our Strategic Goals
In order to achieve its five-year vision of success, the Harn will pursue the following Strategic Goals, which address its exhibitions and other public programming, academic and curricular work, atmosphere and public presence, and financial and managerial platform.
Goal 1
Increase and deepen student engagement with the Harn Museum of Art.
Goal 2
Foster a sense of community and wellbeing.
Goal 3
Strengthen the Harn’s brand.
Goal 4
Elevate the Harn’s status as a premier university art museum by improving the physical plant and strengthening the museum’s workforce.
A Cultural Resource for Art-Centered Experiences
Providing Relevant and High-Quality Art Exhibitions
Since opening in 1990, the Harn Museum of Art at the University of Florida has been a cornerstone of the Greater Gainesville arts and culture ecosystem. In addition to serving the students and faculty of the University, the Harn is the most prominent fine art museum in the greater North Central Florida region and demonstrates its commitment to being a cultural resource through its free admission and educational activities. The museum is known as a trusted resource and for its high quality and relevant exhibitions, many of which have toured across the United States.
Welcoming More than 2.5 Million Visitors
The Harn Museum of Art’s facility contains ten galleries that feature dedicated space for each of its collecting areas (African, Asian, modern and contemporary art, and photography). Since the Harn’s opening, it has served more than 2.5 million visitors.
The Harn has continued to grow with the community by expanding its space for exhibitions and activities. Expansions include an 18,000-square-foot addition built for exhibiting the Harn’s contemporary art collection completed in 2005 and a 26,000-squarefoot addition dedicated to the museum’s collection of Asian Art completed in 2012.
The Florida Art Collection
The Harn recently received The Florida Art Collection, Gift of Samuel and Roberta Vickers, which is an extensive visual record of Florida illustrated through paintings, drawings and watercolors. It includes work by many prominent American artists from the late 19th to the mid 20th centuries.
Our Policies
Provenance Research
Conservation
Deaccessioned Works
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