Legacy of Exhibitions, Cultural Education, and Community Outreach
About the museum
One of the largest and bestattended art museums in the
Mountain West, the BYU Museum
of Art offers a dynamic exhibition
schedule that includes displays of
its permanent collection, worldclass traveling shows and thoughtprovoking exhibitions organized by
museum curators.
About the museum
One of the museum's most
important roles is its contribution to
the academic mission of Brigham
Young University.
From the research and study of the
artworks in the permanent
collection, to the teaching and
learning that occurs in classrooms
and galleries, the museum plays an
important role in the academic
pursuits of many students at BYU.
About the museum
At the same time, the museum
connects to broad community
audiences through its exhibitions
and educational programming.
About the museum
The Brigham Young University
Museum of Art is a four-story,
modern facility of more than
102,000 square feet in size.
The museum houses ten exhibition
galleries, an auditorium,
classrooms, a small theater, a print
study room, a gift store, and
security and administrative offices.
Attendance
Annual Attendance:
28th in the Nation.
Ranking places the MOA ahead of
the Smithsonian American Art
Museum, the Museum of
Contemporary Art, Chicago, and the
Dallas Museum of Art.
Annual Attendance for University
Art Museums:
1st among Universities.
MUSEUM INFO
Features
Features, cont.
No. of Galleries
Lighting
 14
 Total exhibition space = 27,000 sq. ft.
Education Facilities
 Flexible lighting system with variable dimmers
Temperature & Humidity
 Centralized 24-hour temperature, humidity &
filtered air control systems
 Auditorium – seats 170
 Electronic Classroom – seats 35
 Year-round 70-72 degrees with 35% humidity
 Orientation Theatre – seats 35
 Teaching Studio
 Study Gallery
 Library
 Secure Print Study Room
 Docent Meeting Room
(42-45% for special works and exhibitions)
Security
 CCTV intrusion alarms, comprehensive
internal & external surveillance video cameras
with continual record
MUSEUM INFO
Facilities
Facilities, cont.
Receiving & Handling
Fire
 Receiving room, 2 secured holding vaults,
exhibition staging room, isolation room
 Covered receiving dock with hydraulic
leveling system
Matting & Framing
 Permanent professional on-site framers
 Central fire sprinklers, Autocall fire
alarm/smoke detection system
MUSEUM DESIGN
The Museum of Art was designed by Los Angeles architect James Langenheim. Former
directors of lighting and design at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, LeMar Terry and Stuart
Silver, assisted in determining the sophisticated lighting requirements and the best functional
use of space.
Prominent personnel from such associations as the Smithsonian Institution,
the Getty Museum, and the National Gallery of Art also contributed to the design and
planning of the building. The objective of these designers was to construct an art museum
that not only exhibited art but was itself a work of art. The building's articulated triangular
shape provides a constant change in size, direction, form and light.
MUSEUM MAP
GALLERIES
Ernst F. Lied, Ernst M. & Ida K. Lied Gallery
GALLERIES
Marian Adelaide Morris Cannon Gallery
and
GALLERIES
Marian Adelaide Morris Cannon Gallery
GALLERIES
Arline Harman Gallery
GALLERIES
Paul & Betty Boshard Gallery and
Warren & Alice Jones Gallery
GALLERIES
Conway A. Ashton & Carl E. Jackman Gallery
Museum Philosophy
The Museum of Art is a place where
the heart and mind are brought
together to seek knowledge and
values, self affirmation and spiritual
understanding.
We hope your experience in the
Museum will nurture a more
reflective mind, a capacity for
deeper inquiry, a stronger
commitment to excellence and
integrity, and heightened
appreciation for others and
their ideas.
MUSEUM FEATURES
Sculpture Garden
Museum Auditorium
MUSEUM FEATURES
Exhibition Fabrication
Registration
OTHER FEATURES
Design
Library
MUSEUM FEATURES
Museum Store
Student Work Room
OTHER FEATURES
Administrative Offices
Cafe
MUSEUM FEATURES
K-Room
Security
EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING
Evening for Educators
Family Programs
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
The Museum of Art's permanent collection of more than 17,000 objects has a special
emphasis on American art from the late 18th century to the present, including painting,
photography, prints and sculpture. The Museum secures large holdings of Hudson River
School landscape paintings and works of American impressionism.
The Museum's collection has particularly large holdings of works by J. Alden Weir, Mahonri
Young, Maynard Dixon, and Minerva Teichert. The Museum's growing religious collection
includes painting and prints by artists such as Carl Bloch and Rembrandt.
Many of these items can be viewed online.
moa.byu.edu
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Sanford Robinson Gifford
Maynard Dixon
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Frederick Edwin Church
Kitagawa Tamara
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Daniel Ridgway Knight
John Singer Sargent
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
J. Alden Weir
Minerva Teichert
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Richard Misrack
Reuben Nakian
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Rembrandt
Bloch
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
Brower Hatcher
Albert Paley