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Raclin Murphy Museum of Art, Notre Dame, IN

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Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

The art museum of the University of Notre Dame, with a collection of more than 30,000 works spanning many cultures and media.

St. André Way (corner of Eddy Street and Angela Blvd), University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN 46556 · Notre Dame, IN

About Raclin Murphy Museum of Art

The Raclin Murphy Museum of Art is the art museum of the University of Notre Dame, near South Bend, Indiana. It occupies a newer 70,000-square-foot building that opened in December 2023, along with the surrounding Charles B. Hayes Family Sculpture Park. The museum holds the university's art collection, formerly housed in the Snite Museum of Art, and includes fine art, design objects, decorative arts, prints, drawings, textiles, photographs, and artifacts from Mesoamerican, Spanish Colonial, Latin American, Mexican, Chicano, and African cultures. Visitors can see rotating temporary exhibitions, and the museum offers a cafe and bookshop, guided educational programs, and an online image database.

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