Armand Hammer Museum Of Art And Cultural Center Inc

Programs: Exhibitions, publications & collections: the museum presents contemporary and historical art in all media in a rotating exhibition program that presents 10-15 exhibitions and publishes 2-6 books each year. The museum is also the steward of five collections; the hammer contemporary collection, a growing collection of international contemporary art since 1960; ucla grunwald center for the graphic arts collection, one of america's finest collections of works on paper, containing more than 45,000 prints, drawings, photographs, and artists' books from the renaissance to the present; armand hammer collection, impressive collection of european and american paintings and drawings reflects the interests and passion of the museum's founder, armand hammer; and armand hammer daumier and contemporaries collection, one of the world's most extensive collections of prints, drawings, paintings, and sculpture by nineteenth-century french satirist honore daumier; and the ucla franklin d. Murphy sculpture garden with 70+ outdoor sculptures. Over the course of the year there were over 208,000 visitors to the museum.

public & academic programs: the hammer's 300+ programs each year are designed to spark meaningful encounters with art and ideas. They include lectures, symposia, university outreach, film series, readings, family events, tours, and musical performances. Hammer museums program details are available on our website, www. Hammer. Ucla. Edu.

digital & web initiatives: the museum is committed to sharing its programs, collections and exhibitions with the widest possible audience. Public programs are shared in real time and an archive of past programs is available on demand. An overview of the museum's public engagement work is now an active part of the website. Digital collections and exhibitions platforms are under development. Thirty-three percent of our collection has been digitized.