Map & Visitor’s Guide
F
ounded by Alfred Heber Holbrook in 1945, the Georgia Museum of Art has long offered its audiences a world-class art experience. As both an academic
museum and the state’s official art museum, it serves not only the University of Georgia population, but also the owners of its permanent collection—the citizens of Georgia—through award-winning exhibitions, publications and programming.
In 1996, the museum moved to the Performing and Visual Arts Complex on UGA’s East Campus. A 16,000-square-foot expansion of the galleries by Gluckman Mayner Architects (New York), completed in 2011, allows for continual display of works from the museum’s permanent collection, many of which were part of Holbrook’s original gift. The experience continues in the Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden, which is dedicated to the display of works by women artists and provides visitors with a quiet spot to visit, eat lunch or meditate.
To this day, the museum strives to fulfill Holbrook’s legacy and to provide Art for Everyone.
MADONNA & CHILD Kress Gallery
GALLERY HIGHLIGHTS
MARTHA AT 13 Holder Gallery
BILLUPS PORTRAITS Radford Gallery
LA CONFIDENCE Turner Gallery
WRITING CHAIR Odum Gallery
SILVER PITCHER Forio Gallery
HOWARD FINSTER Swanson Gallery
GALLERY MAPS
2nd Floor South 1. H. Randolph Holder Gallery 2. Samuel H. Kress Gallery 3. Dorothy Alexander Roush Gallery 4. Martha Thompson Dinos Gallery 5. Nancy Cooper Turner Gallery 6. Letitia & Rowland Radford Gallery 7. Martha & Eugene Odum Gallery 8. Marilyn Overstreet Nalley Galleries 9. Phoebe & Ed Forio Gallery 10. Byrnece Purcell Knox Swanson Gallery 11. Barbara & Sanford Orkin Gallery 12. Boone & George-Ann Knox Gallery II
2nd Floor North 13. Alfred Heber Holbrook Gallery 14. Rachel Cosby Conway Gallery 15. Charles B. Presley Family Gallery
DOWN
16. Lamar Dodd Gallery
ENTRANC
17. Boone & George-Ann Knox Gallery I 18. Patsy Dudley Pate Balcony
ELEVATOR
19. Philip Henry Alston Jr. Gallery 20. Virginia & Alfred Kennedy Gallery 21. Alonzo & Vallye Dudley Gallery 22. Shannon & Peter Candler Collection Study Room EMERGENCY EXIT
Key European Art Collections Study Galleries Y GENC EMER XIT E
American Art Decorative Arts Works on Paper Temporary Exhibitions
EXIT
UP
1st Floor 10
1. M. Smith Griffith Grand Hall 2. Education Resource Center 3. M. Smith Griffith Auditorium 4. Reception Desk
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5. Coat Room & Lockers ELEVATOR
6. Louis T. Griffith Teacher Resource Center 7. Docent Lounge 8. Michael & Mary Erlanger Studio Classroom 9. Museum Shop
EMERGENCY EXIT
10. Jane and Harry Willson Sculpture Garden
AMENITIES FOR YOUR ENJOYMENT
Tours
Membership
Each docent tour is tailored to your group’s
Members of the Friends of the Georgia Museum
particular needs and interests. Special accommoda-
of Art receive a number of benefits, including a
tions can also be made for the hearing impaired.
10-percent discount in the shop. The Friends are
To learn more about group tours please contact our
responsible for much of the private support the
education department.
museum needs to bring in high-caliber exhibitions
Shop
and programming and are involved in every facet of the museum’s activities: fund-raising, exhibition
Visit the Museum Shop for a unique selection
openings, acquisitions, educational programming
of art-related gifts, art publications, note cards,
and special events. For more information, please
handcrafted jewelry and creative items for children.
see our Friends’ brochure.
Ike + Jane at GMOA
Volunteer Opportunities
Donuts, coffee, sandwiches and snacks.
The Georgia Museum of Art has a wide variety of
Rent
volunteer opportunities for patrons of any age. Our volunteers are important contributors to the success
Museum spaces are available to rent for weddings
of the museum. They work in the Museum Shop,
and other special occasions. For more information,
the library, as docents, during special events and
please refer to our website.
during educational events. If you are interested in volunteering, please call.
FURTHERING YOUR EXPERIENCE
Louis T. Griffith Library
Curators of each collection have offices in the
The museum reference library features more
corresponding study center, making information
than 5,000 volumes of scholarly works, exhibition
and archives easily accessible to students
catalogues, art historical books and more. The
and researchers.
library, located on the third floor of the museum, is open to the public. The library does not permit
Teacher Resource Center
books to be checked out and taken off the premises,
The Louis T. Griffith Teacher Resource Center offers
but the public is welcome to read materials there.
a variety of educational materials, including museumpublished catalogues and teacher packets, for use
Study Centers
outside the museum. Whether you are preparing a
The Study Centers in the Humanities contain
group for a museum visit, devising a follow-up lesson
archives from the museum’s collections and consist
or unable to visit the museum at all, the LTG Teacher
of the C.L. Morehead Jr. Center for the Study of
Resource Center offers a variety of materials for loan
American Art, the Henry D. Green Center for the
free of charge. Catalogues and teacher packets are
Study of the Decorative Arts, the Jacob Burns
available for three-day loan. To order, please contact
Foundation Center and the Pierre Daura Center.
the museum’s department of education.
PLAN YOUR VISIT Area Map
Location and Directions The Georgia Museum of Art is located on the East Campus of the University of Georgia at: 90 Carlton Street Athens, GA 30602. GMOA is conveniently located near the Athens Perimeter/Loop 10. The loop is accessible from most major highways coming into Athens.
Parking Map
Parking Paid parking is available in the Performing Arts Center parking deck, which is accessible at the rear of lot E11 off River Road. For information on fees and on campus parking, please contact UGA Parking Services at 706.542.7275. Limited parking for visitors with disabilities is available underneath the museum, in a lot accessible from Carlton Street. If your mobility is impaired and you need other assistance with transportation, please call UGA’s Campus Transit office at 706.369.6220.
Hours Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday, 10 a.m.–5 p.m.; Thursday, 10 a.m.–9 p.m.; Sunday, 1–5 p.m. Closed on Mondays.
Admission Admission is free to the Georgia Museum of Art, suggested donation $3.
Accessibility The museum is fully handicapped accessible, and wheelchairs are available. Tours for the hearing impaired are available by appointment (see tour information). Devices for the hearing impaired are also available for events held in the M. Smith Griffith Auditorium. If you desire additional assistance, please do not hesitate to ask any Georgia Museum of Art employee. We will be happy to assist you.
Telephone 706.542.GMOA (4662)
Mission Statement
Free Admission
The Georgia Museum of Art shares the mission of the University of Georgia to support and to promote teaching, research and service. Specifically, as a repository and educational instrument of the visual arts, the museum exists to collect, preserve, exhibit and interpret significant works of art.
Admission is free to the Georgia Museum of Art, suggested donation $3.
georgiamuseum.org
Phone
Located on the campus of the University of Georgia, Athens
706.542.GMOA (4662)