Mission Statement
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Mission Statement

Recognizing the importance of the educational environment, Ball State University Museum of Art seeks to enhance understanding in the visual arts. Visiting the museum offers a direct experience that books, photographs, courses, and lectures cannot provide. This is accomplished through:

  • the acquisition, research and documentation of significant works of art representative of the major world cultures;

  • the preservation of these objects through environmental control,protection from theft and damage, conservation, and restoration;

  • presenting an ongoing program of coherent exhibitions formed out of the museum's and other's collections;

  • providing a broad range of educational programs, publications and materials consistent with the above; and

  • encouraging community, state and national access, and interest in the collections, exhibitions, programs and publications of the Ball State University Museum of Art.

The Ball State University Museum of Art is accredited by the American Association of Museums.


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