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

Georgetown University Art Collection

Support the Collection

Art Collection Home Page
Special Collections
Lauinger Library
Georgetown University

 
We are pleased that you have visited the Georgetown University Art Collection Web site, and hope you will have opportunities to see actual works from the collection.

There are several ways that you can support the Georgetown University Art Collection: Gifts to the Collection; Membership in the Library Associates; Volunteering; Purchasing the Bicentennial Suite of Prints; and Visiting the Collection

Gifts to the Collection
Financial support, works of art, and archival materials are among the contributions that can make an important difference to this significant historical and cultural resource. Commemorative opportunities are available under many financial gift circumstances, as are tax deductions.

Your contribution can help improve the collection's storage facilities, expand the exhibit space, conserve works of art, undertake research projects, and add to the professional staff.

The collection is actively seeking Grade A work in the following art historical areas:

• United States and Canada: paintings, prints, and drawings, from the late eighteenth through the early twentieth centuries
• Spanish Colonial: paintings, prints, and drawings
• European, from Late Mediaevel/Early Renaissance through late nineteenth century: paintings, prints, and drawings
• East Asian ceramics
• Important papers and manuscripts in the histoy of art will be seriously evaluated.

To find out where and how your contribution can make a difference, please contact the following:

Artemis G. Kirk
University Librarian
(202) 687-7425 (telephone)
(202) 687-7501 (facsimile)
agk3@georgetown.edu

George M. Barringer
Associate University Librarian for Special Collections
(202) 687-7475 (telephone)
(202) 687-7501 (facsimile)
barringg@georgetown.edu

Marji Bayers
Director of Library Development
(202) 687-7425 (telephone)
(202) 687-7501 (facsimile)
bayersm@georgetown.edu

LuLen Walker
Art Collection Coordinator
(202) 687-1469 (telephone)
(202) 687-7501 (facsimile)
llw@gunet.georgetown.edu

Membership in the Library Associates

Now celebrating its twenty-fifth anniversary, the Georgetown University Library Associates boasts an enthusiastic, ever-increasing membership of 1,500 people who enjoy its rich calendar of lectures, exhibit openings, receptions, special events, and the always-popular Holiday Party, as well as library borrowing privileges. Go to the Library Associates Web page for more information on joining this excellent society.

Volunteering

Your volunteer time can help tremendously with the Georgetown University Art Collection. Among the help needed immediately are staff for the Carroll Parlor, so that renowned pieces from the collection can be on free public view more than the current limited hours. Please contact Art Collection Coordinator LuLen Walker at (202) 687-1469; llw@gunet.georgetown.edu to find out more about vounteer opportunities.

Georgetown Bicentennial Suite of Prints

You can own a set of four fine full-color reproductions of work significant to the history of Georgetown University when you purchase the Georgetown Bicentennial Suite of Prints - and proceeds from your purchase will support the Art Collection's general operating funds. Included in this set are: Archibishop John Carroll, by Gilbert Stuart, ca. 1805; Sculling on the Potomac, by J. Love, 1888; Southeast End View of the G.T. College, by James A. Simpson, 1831; and Georgetown College, by James A. Simpson, ca. 1833. Click here for ordering information.

Visiting the Collection

Every time you see works from the Georgetown University Art Collection - on permanent or temporary exhibit - you help us fulfill our mission of bringing these treasures, gems, and curiosities to a wide audience for appreciation, understanding, and inspiration. Carroll Parlor will be open five days a week during the spring 2003 semester; admission is free. Access times vary for academic buildings vary. Works in Lauinger Library's Fairchild Gallery are on view 8:00 a.m. to midnight seven days a week. Visitors to Lauinger Library must present photo identification for admittance. Please call the Library for hours during holiday periods (202) 687-7452.