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Art for Every Age
Museum HoursTues 9:00am – 8:00pmWed – Fri 9:00am – 4:30pmSat – Sun 1:00pm – 5:00pmClosed Mondays and University Holidays
AddressTweed Museum of ArtUniversity of Minnesota Duluth1201 Ordean CourtDuluth, MN 55812-2496
ContactInfo 218.726.8222 Store 218.726.6139Fax 218.726.8503 Email [email protected] www.d.umn.edu/tma
The Museum Store features Royal Canadian Mounted Police illustrations, as well as collection-related gifts, prints, cards, and jewelry. Contact 218.726.8753 or email [email protected].
Learningprograms are available for groups of all ages. For reservations, fees and additional information call 218-726- 8527 or email [email protected].
With a permanent collection of over 8,000 objects representing a wide range of cultures and periods of art history, the Tweed Museum of Art, located on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth, is a major cultural and educational resource for the Upper Midwest.
See representation of our collection online at www.d.umn.edu/tma.
DirectionsThe Tweed Museum of Art is located in the Humanities Building on the campus of the University of Minnesota Duluth. The museum is at Ordean Court, just beyond the Jacques Lipchitz sculpture of Sieur du Luth.
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DETAIL: Rabbett Before Horses Strickland, Searching for Nokomis, 2008. Oil on canvas, 78" x 108"(detail). Collection Tweed Museum of Art, UMD.
Alice Tweed Tuohy Foundation Purchase Fund. D2008.22
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TWEED MUSEUM OF ART
The Tweed Museum of Art is one of seven units in the school of Fine Arts, UMD. The University
of Minnesota Duluth is an equal opportunity education and employer.
Works on Paper The most divergent area of the collection in terms of time, geography, artistic intent, and subject matter is our works on paper collection. It includes French, British and Italian engravings, Pictorialist photographs, Modernist drawings, and post-wwii abstract, conceptual, Pop and Op art prints. Highlights include Picasso’s etching suite “The Unknown Masterpiece”, a large group of drawings by Minnesotan George Morrison (Grand Portage Ojibwe), and recent photo-based works by Kara Walker, Edward Burntynsky and Robert Parkeharrison. Right: Ando Utagawa Hiroshige, Mt. Fuji form Yasuda Shimoza, from Thirty-six Views of Mt. Fuji, 1858
Contemporary Art
In a city with major universities and a vibrant art scene, Tweed maintains its currency by collecting works from the continually evolving stream of contemporary art. Recent acquisitions include Julie Mehretu, Irit Batsry, Nicholas Africano, Preston Singletary, Frank Big Bear, Max-Carlos Martinez, Kara Walker, Luis Gonzales Palma, Anna Maria Hernando, Akio Takamori, Philip Pearlstein and Alec Soth.Left: Willie Cole, The Worrier, 2011
Glenn C. Nelson Ceramics Collection
A professor of art at umd from 1956-75, Nelson authored six editions of The Potter’s Handbook and acquired studio ceramic art from around the world, which he donated to the museum in 1991. Works by artists such as Peter Voulkos, Shoji Hamada, Rudy Autio, Tatsuzō Shimaoka, Walter Hyleck, Warren MacKenzie and Paul Soldner, were acquired through the Glenn Nelson Purchase Fund, and also include Ruth Duckworth, Bernard Leach, Mika Negishi Laidlaw, Ken Ferguson, Lucie Rie, and Jeff Oestreich.Right: Mika Negishi Laidlaw, Endurance, 2009
The Potlatch Collection of Royal Canadian Mounted Police Illustrations
Northwest Paper of Cloquet, Minnesota, later known as Potlatch Paper, used the red-coated “Mountie” as an advertising symbol for its fine printing papers. Between 1931-1970, 16 artists produced over 400 images. Illustrations including classic western adventure, solemn wwii messages, and 1960s tv-land represent the rcmp officer, steadfastly discharging his varied duties against the backdrop of the Canadian wilderness.Left: Arnold Friberg, Untitled, 1947
art for every ageTweed Museum of Art
PreK-12 Learning
Guided tours at the Tweed Museum of Art offer preK-12 school teachers additional ways to inspire students, make curricular connections, and expand learning opportunities. One-hour programs help students develop visual literacy and critical thinking skills through inquiry-based, students centered discussions. Students gain an understanding of visual art as a reflection of the cultures, histories, and aspirations of the people of our region.
Tours for School GroupsGuided tours are available Tuesday through Friday between 9:00 am and 3:00 pm and should be scheduled at least 2 weeks in advance. The tour fee is $2.00 per student. There is no charge for teachers and chaperones. The maximum group size is 50 and the minimum group size is 15.
Family DaysFamily Learning programs at the Tweed Museum of Art are shared art experiences. Inspired by the museum’s exhibitions, these programs include gallery explorations, artist demonstrations, storytelling, and simple art projects. These programs are offered free of charge twice a year.
American Art
Our collection of American Art encompasses a diversity of artists, styles, and cultures, with a highlight being the Richard E. and Dorothy Rawlings Nelson Collection of American Indian Art. This rich collection of baskets, birchbark, beadwork, quillwork, tourist art, and treaty portraits, primarily by the Great Lakes Ojibwe and Eastern Woodlands people, 1850-1950, reflects the visual culture of this region’s Anishinaabe people. It provides historical context for the museum’s expanding collection of contemporary works by American Indian artists.
Exapmles of American art attest to the changing demographic of an immigrant influence. Other artwork in the American Art Collection reflects a range of styles that include portraiture, impressionistic landscapes, wpa-era prints and early abstract art.
Above Right: Ojibwe, Nett Lake, Minnesota, Dance Yoke, ca. 1920s
Above: Gilbert Davis Munger, Niagara Falls Showing the Canadian and American Views, 1903
European Art
The George Peter Tweed Memorial Collection was the museum’s founding gift, when Mrs. Alice Tweed donated over 350 European and American artworks to the University of Minnesota Duluth in 1950. Especially rich in works of the French Barbizon School, the rural scenes of Jean-Francois Millet, Theodore Rousseau, Camille Corot, and Charles Jacques, resonated with George Tweed. Following the lead of patrons like Andrew Carnegie and James J. Hill, the Tweed gift offers Duluthians access to a collection of 16-19th century European art.Right: Sebastiano Ricci (Italian, 1659-1734 Venice) The Ecstasy of St. Francis, 1695-96
College & Community Learning
University PartnersThe Museum provides faculty and students access to our collection and is available to collaborate to create curricula and projects inspired by original works of art.
Museum Studies Internship ProgramOur Internship Program provides essential hands-on learning to university students preparing for future careers in the museum field.
Visual Culture Lecture SeriesTweed Museum of Art and the Department of Art and Design collaborate each year on a Visual Culture Lecture Series that brings artists and designers to umd to speak about their work and experience.
For more information visit our website at www.d.umn.edu/tma. To schedule a tour contact our Museum Educator at 218-726-8527 or email [email protected]
The Olive Anna Tezla Memorial Library
Library collections support the museum’s fine art collections, with focused areas in ceramic art, photography, American Indian art, European art and global contemporary art. Library collections are non-circulating and accessible digitally through umd’s on-line catalogue.
Collections Education
