Max Weyl
View of Georgetown from the
Virginia Side of the Potomac
1880
 

Georgetown University Art Collection

About the Collection

Art Collection Home Page
Special Collections
Lauinger Library
Georgetown University

 
Welcome to the Georgetown University Art Collection.

Georgetown takes pride in its developing art collection, an adjunct to the University Library's internationally renowned Special Collections Division.

The diverse collection includes:

• U.S. and European paintings, sculpture, and drawings
• One of the strongest fine print collections in a U.S. university
• Porcelain and ceramics, from Asia, Europe, and the Americas
• Furniture and other decorative arts
• Art and artifacts important to the history of the University, the Catholic Church, and the Jesuit order

True to its nature as a university collection, the art at Georgetown is displayed within an integrated exhibit model; that is, pieces can be found not just in a single gallery, but throughout the Georgetown University community - at its Main Campus, adjacent Medical Center, and Law Center on Capitol Hill. Some of the most renowned pieces are exhibited in Carroll Parlor in the historic Healy Building; others are hanging in administrative offices and in academic buildings on campus, while some outdoor three-dimensional works are permanently installed in the acclaimed new Medical Center Sculpture Plaza. Fine Prints and other works on paper are exhibited regularly in the Lauinger Library's Fairchild Print Gallery and the adjacent Gunlocke Reading Room. In fact, visitors to the Main Campus are greeted by one of the most recognizable pieces in the collection - the magnificent bronze statue of University founder Archbishop John Carroll, by sculptor Jerome Connor, completed in 1912.

Georgetown has acquired its holdings from generous alumni donors and other friends of the University; from keen purchases; and from historical happenstance.

We invite you to visit the Georgetown University Art Collection when you are in the nation's capital - and to spend time with this virtual tour of the collection. Click here for CyberVault: Selections from the Collection.