About the Haggerty Museum
Opened in 1984 on the Marquette University campus, The Haggerty Museum of Art features an impressive permanent collection of over 4,500 works of art reflecting a variety of artistic mediums from periods ranging from the Renaissance to contemporary. Located just west of downtown Milwaukee, the museum regularly offers exhibitions showing cultural diversity and art influenced by modern technology.
Since the museum’s inception, its goals of being an integral part of the educational experiences offered at Marquette University, providing a rich variety of art to the Milwaukee community, with visibility on a national and international level, have remained constant. As a university museum, the Haggerty sponsors lectures, symposia, workshops, and tours to interpret the arts to its various audiences.
Mission
The Marquette University Haggerty Museum of Art provides transformational learning opportunities through its exhibitions and programs. The museum enriches the intellectual and creative life of the students, faculty and community at large by collecting, displaying, interpreting and contextualizing art objects from a range of historical periods and media. As a forum for critical inquiry, the museum seeks to promote visual literacy and advance knowledge across the academic disciplines.
Upcoming Exhibitions and Events
2013
Current exhibitions (close on Sunday, May 19):
Images of the Virgin Mary
Dark Blue The Water as Protagonist
Read Between the Lines Enrique Chagoya’s Codex Prints
Perimeter Photographs by Kevin J. Miyazaki
Friday, April 19
Dinner and a Show
Gourmet buffet dinner and chat with Guest Director Tony Clements, 6 p.m., in the museum Performance of Urinetown – The Musical, 7:30 p.m., Helfaer Theatre
Saturday, April 27
Slow Art Day
Open Galleries/Viewing, 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Gallery Talk with Kevin Miyazaki, 1 p.m.
Discussion and Dessert, 2 p.m.
Monday, May 20, 6 p.m.
Apple Award Dinner honoring Scott R. Haag at the Wisconsin Club
Wednesday, June 5
Summer exhibitions open:
New Objectivity in German Art Highlights from the Fishman Collection
Aberrance and Artifice The Norton Collection
Jim Dow American Studies
Images of the Virgin Mary
Wednesday, June 19, 6 to 8 p.m.
Friends of the Haggerty 2013 Spring Benefit
Sunday, July 28, 5 p.m.
Summer exhibitions close
Wednesday, August 21
Fall exhibitions open:
Current Tendencies III Artists from Milwaukee
Re-seeing the Permanent Collection The Viewer’s Voice
Saturday, September 7, 6 to 10 p.m.
Friends of the Haggerty 2013 Fall Gala