Sheldon Museum of Art
Art

Sheldon Museum of Art

Lincoln, Nebraska

About

The Sheldon Museum of Art at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln is one of the finest university art museums in the United States, with a collection of approximately 12,000 works focusing on modern American art. Founded in 1963 with a building designed by Philip Johnson, the museum's collection is particularly strong in works by American artists from the 1930s through the 1970s, including Georgia O'Keeffe, Stuart Davis, and Mark Rothko.

Highlights & Things Not to Miss

American Modernism

Rothko, O'Keeffe, Davis, and the great American moderns

Philip Johnson Building

A landmark of mid-century museum architecture from 1963

Post-WWII Art

Abstract Expressionism and its aftermath in depth