Art
The mission of the Art Museum of Greater Lafayette is to celebrate the power of art to inspire, challenge, and instruct our community through collections, exhibitions, and programs. Visionary leaders founded the Art Museum in 1909 as the Lafayette Art Association, with the purpose to stimulate and encourage interest in art and to give annual exhibitions, and to establish and maintain permanent collections of works of art. The Art Museum of Greater Lafayette has been a partner with the Greater Lafayette community, Purdue University and Ivy Tech Community College and has grown with the support of its citizens. The Art Museum regularly offers exhibitions, lectures and classes for the public. Over 16,000 visitors enjoy our exhibitions and we teach classes to more than 5,000 students each year.