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Exhibitions

The Museum was founded on the belief that the study and appreciation of original works of art is an indispensable part of a Middlebury education.

Museum Closed Friday, August 21

The Museum will be closed to the public all day Friday, August 21 in observance of a College-wide staff holiday. We will resume our regularly scheduled hours on Saturday, August 22 at noon.

With the collaboration of students, faculty, staff, alumni, and community partners, we seek to make the Museum an inclusive place that sparks curiosity, fosters a respectful exchange of ideas, and promotes creativity in many different forms.

The first-floor galleries highlight the Museum’s permanent collection, while the second-level galleries present a rotating schedule of special exhibitions that explore a wide array of global cultures and ideas. We encourage you to return often to see what’s on view.

Permanent Collection Galleries

This installation of Middlebury’s art collection invites visitors to join a conversation sparked by objects created throughout time and around the globe. Arranged thematically to highlight similarities as well as differences across cultures, the reinstalled galleries represent steps in the ongoing journey toward a more inclusive and accessible presentation of the many stories art can tell.

Upcoming Exhibitions

  • a bald black man with a goatie sits reading at a table, behind him a window flanked by royal blue curtains; through the window, a view of a city block

    Michelangelo Lovelace: Art Saved My Life

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    After receiving technical training and gaining knowledge of art history, Lovelace chose to paint in an intentionally simplified manner because it allowed him to show what he called “the raw power of life in the inner cities of America.” He depicted crime, drugs, poverty, and sin, but also community, compassion, progress, and salvation. He portrayed the environment he knew—the bricks of public housing, advertising billboards, familiar intersections—as well as political events, social allegories, and scenes from his career in art.