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The University of Oregon’s art museum opened its doors to the public on June 10, 1933. Designed by Ellis F. Lawrence, the UO dean of the School of Architecture & Allied Arts (1914-1946), the museum was built to house the Murray Warner Collection of Oriental Art. The collection consisted of more than 3,000 objects given to the University by Gertrude Bass Warner in 1921 as a memorial to her late husband.

With its elegant exterior brickwork, decorative moldings and iron grillwork, the original museum building is one of the most distinctive architectural structures in Oregon. The museum is listed on the National Register for Historic Places.

In October 2002 the art museum broke ground for an expansion and renovation project. With its new name-– Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art-–in recognition of its major donor, the museum reopened in 2005.

Source: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art website: http://jsma.uoregon.edu/about/history.aspx

From the guide to the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art records, 1903-2007, (Special Collections and University Archives, University of Oregon Libraries)

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creatorOf Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art records, 1903-2007 University of Oregon Libraries. Special Collections and University Archives
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associatedWith Graves, Morris, 1910-2001 person
correspondedWith Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. corporateBody
associatedWith Ross, Nancy Wilson, 1901-1986 person
associatedWith University of Oregon corporateBody
associatedWith University of Oregon. Museum of Art. corporateBody
correspondedWith University of Oregon. Museum of Art. Friends of the Museum. corporateBody
associatedWith Warner, Gertrude Bass, 1863-1951 person
associatedWith Warner, Murray, 1869-1920 person
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College art museums
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