The new database uses eMuseum, a digital publishing software from Gallery Systems that showcases the museum collections of more than 260 regional, national and internationally renowned museums, galleries, archives and collections. The Palmer’s expanding collection is now searchable like that of many prominent institutions, including the Getty Museum Frick Collection; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art; as well as other university museums, including the University of Florida’s Harn Museum of Art, Cornell University’s Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art and Harvard University’s Peabody Essex Museum, and Big Ten University peers such as the Block Museum of Art at Northwestern University and the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.
Though the Palmer’s collection is now searchable online, upkeep and documentation of works of art is an ongoing effort as the collection continues to grow. The museum’s registration staff will make improvements throughout the coming months and years by adding more images, updating information and appending documentation for objects in the database, making it ever more useful and explorable.
About the Palmer Museum of Art
The Palmer Museum of Art at Penn State is the largest art museum collection between Pittsburgh and Philadelphia and the most significant academic art museum in the state of Pennsylvania. A key element of Penn State’s land-grant mission of teaching, research and public service, the museum is a vital and accessible cultural resource for Penn State’s students, faculty and scholars, as well as for all visitors to and from the entire central Pennsylvania region. Through its world-class objects, programs and outreach, the free museum is a welcoming, inclusive and vibrant forum for authentic arts experiences and cultivates meaningful dialogue about today’s most potent ideas and pressing concerns.
An expansive 21st-century teaching museum, the Palmer is a beacon for advancing the arts and humanities on Penn State’s University Park campus and throughout its diverse communities. The museum is dedicated to catalyzing groundbreaking research, scholarship and publications and providing impactful, object-based learning for Penn State and K-12 students. The Palmer’s rewarding and thought-provoking exhibitions and programs promote visitor participation, belonging and discovery.
