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The Krannert Art Museum provides a permanent exhibition and storage area for the University art collections and a setting for the display and study of works of art. As early as 1868 the Committee on Mechanical Departments reported a need for an art gallery.
An addition and remodeling begun in 1967 to provide 17,800 square feet of space for workshops, storage and galleries
1. Board of Trustees Transactions, 2nd Report, November 18, 1868, p. 54.
2. Ibid., 8th Report, March 14, 1876, p. 172; Winton U. Solberg, The University of Illinois - 1867-1894, (Urbana, 1968), p. 171.
3. Board of Trustees Transactions, 7th Report, March 10, 1874, p. 92; Solberg, p. 172.
4. Board of Trustees Transactions, 19th Report, September 21, 1897, p. 193.
5. Ibid., 24th Report, June 20, 1908, p. 498.
6. Ibid., 39th Report, December 3, 1937, pp. 587-89.
7. Ibid., 42nd Report, January 26, 1944, p. 840.
8. Ibid., 49th Report, September 19, 1957, p. 897.
9. Allen S. Weller, 100 Years of Campus Architecture; at the University of Illinois, (Urbana, 1968), p. 30.
10. Board of Trustees Transactions, 50th Report, June 14, 1960, p. 1324.
11. Weller, p. 30.
12. Board of Trustees Transactions, 54th Report, September 20, 1967, p. 700.
13. Ibid., 55th Report, September 18, 1968, p. 61.
14. Ibid., 49th Report, September 19, 1957, p. 898.
This Collection is indexed under the following controlled access subject terms.
9/1964
Chronological
Announcements, dedications programs (1962, 1988), exhibition schedules and promotional brochures relating to the museum program, calendars (1983- ), lectures (1962-1989), fund raising, visitors guides and graduate museum, news, Resource Center Newsletter (1994-96), and members magazines.