Reopening on 9/6

The Allen is set to reopen to visitors on Friday, September 6.

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Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
87 North Main Street, Oberlin, OH 44074
440.775.8665

Hours

Tuesday — Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Monday, Sunday Closed
Open until 5:00 p.m. & always free

Exhibitions & Events

The Allen presents changing exhibitions along with engaging guest speakers and public programs.

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Art at the AMAM

The Allen's collection is particularly strong in 17th century Dutch and Flemish painting, Japanese prints, early modern art, African art, and more.

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Collections

The AMAM collection is at your fingertips with a searchable database of more than 15,000 works.

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The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya House The Courtesan Somenosuke of the Matsubaya House (mid-1790s), by Chonunsai Eishi. Mary A. Ainsworth Bequest, 1950.458

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Recent Acquisitions

The Allen actively acquires artworks through both purchase and donation. See some of the newest works to enter the Allen's permanent collection. Learn more by visiting our database entry for each work.

Abu Hureya #12, 2000

Frank Stella (American, b. 1936)
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Untitled, 2010

Jasper Johns (American, b. 1930)

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Fred Wilson, 2016

Chuck Close (American, b. 1940)
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Composition, 1951

Nicolas de Staël (French, born in Russia, 1914)
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Garden in the Moonlight, 2009

Ray Morimura (Japanese, b. 1948)
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Cellist Against Blue

Jim Dine
Etching, soft-ground etching, aquatint, electric tools, and hand coloring
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Harriet, 1975

Elizabeth Catlett (American, 1915)
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Woman in Optimum Blue, 2017

Derrick Adams (American, b. 1970)
Pigment print
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Untitled (Louvre, Paris), 1986

Adam Fuss (British, b. 1961)
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White Out, 2014

William Wegman (American, b. 1943)
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Man in Tidal Blue, 2017

Derrick Adams (American, b. 1970)
Pigment print
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The Path, from the series Time Immemorial, 2016

Yang Yongliang (Chinese, b. 1980)
Giclée print of a digital photographic collage

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Highlights

Document Box

Japanese
Late 19th to early 20th century
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The Actor Iwai Kumetaro as the Kamuro Tayori from the Shimbara Di

Utagawa Kunimasa (Japanese, 1773 — 1810)
1796
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The Journey

Luis Cruz Azaceta (Cuban, B. 1942)
1988
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View of Venice: The Ducal Palace, Dogana, and Part of San Giorgio

Joseph Mallord William Turner (English, 1775 — 1851)
1841
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Technicolor II

Jim Dine (American, b. 1935)
1996
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Chair and Owl

Pablo Picasso (Spanish, active in France, 1881 — 1973)
1947
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Viaduct at L'Estaque

Paul Cézanne (French, 1939 — 1906)
1882
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Mask

Wee artist
Côte d’Ivoire or Liberia
19th to 20th century
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Harmonizing, 1944

Horace Pippin (American, 1888–1946)
Gift of Joseph and Enid Bissett, 1964.26
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Lake with Dead Trees (Catskill)

Thomas Cole (American, b. England, 1801 — 1848)
1825
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Saint Sebastian Tended by Irene

Hendrick ter Brugghen (Dutch, 1588 — 1629)
1625
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All collections

The Allen Memorial Art Museum has an outstanding collection of more than 15,000 works of art—paintings, sculpture, decorative arts, prints, drawings and photographs—that provide a comprehensive overview of the history of art from many cultures.

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