Creating a Collection: A Tour Through the Smith College Museum of ArtMain MenuHow do museums build and unbuild collections?How This WorksInstructions on How to Use this WebsiteHow to Read a Museum LabelThis will help you navigate the SCMA and other museumsWhat is "Public Trust"?How Museums CollectWhy Museums Remove Objects from their CollectionsHow Museums Remove Objects from their CollectionsSamantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
Why Museums Collect
12017-03-20T19:26:49-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c1562316structured_gallery2017-04-19T16:32:44-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cThere are many reasons why the SCMA wants to add new artworks to its collection. If you’re a collector, you might already know this. You may just be starting a collection. You may want widen the scope or increase the depth of your collection. You may be filling a gap in your collection, or replacing something that isn’t in good shape anymore.
These are some of the main reasons museums collect new objects.
Click one of the pages below to learn more about one of the reasons museums collect. The new page will direct you towards an artwork in the SCMA!
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12017-03-08T08:39:35-08:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cHow do museums build and un-build collections?Samantha Page32structured_gallery2017-04-19T15:56:17-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-29T12:20:16-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cJuan Gris's "Fruit Dish, Glass, and Newspaper"91916, oil on canvas, 13 x 18 1/4 in, SC 1923:2-1, Gift of Joseph Brummermedia/gris_fruitdish.jpgplain2017-04-19T17:02:37-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-08T11:25:11-08:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cLockwood De Forest's "Ramesseum at Thebes"5ca. 1876, oil on canvas, 37 in x 30 in, SC 2015:15, Purchased with the Hillyer-Mather-Tryon Fundmedia/deforest.jpgplain2017-04-15T11:41:21-07:00All Reproduction Rights Are Reserved and RestrictedSMITH COLLEGE MUSEUM OF ARTNorthampton, MA 01063Registrar / Collection Manager413-585-2765413-585-2763 (main)Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-04-19T16:24:23-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c"Luster dish, seated king and queen in center"4Unknown artist, 13th century, Iranian, Kashan, SC 2016:**, Gift of Elinor Lander Horwitz '50media/Screen Shot 2017-04-19 at 7.24.01 PM.pngplain2017-04-19T16:27:20-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-21T19:26:29-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cThomas Wilmer Dewing's "Lady with a Lute"31886, oil on wood, 20 x 15 3/4 in., NGA 1978.60.1, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Walter Timmemedia/dewing_LUNA copy.jpgplain2017-04-15T11:47:10-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-21T19:31:12-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cWinslow Homer's "Song of the Lark"31876, oil on canvas, 38 5/8 x 24 1/4 in., Chrysler Museum of Art 83.590, Gift of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. in honor of Dr. T. Lane Stokesmedia/homer_songofthelark copy.jpgplain2017-04-15T11:48:49-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-08T08:41:38-08:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cAbbott Handerson Thayer's "Winged Figure"31889, oil on canvas, 51 1/2 x 37 3/4 in., AIC 1947.32, Simeon B. Williams Fundmedia/thayer_wingedfigure.jpgplain2017-04-15T11:50:53-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-28T08:28:50-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cDwight W. Tryon's "Dawn"31906, oil on wood panel, 20 x 30 in., Art Complex Museum 80.334, Gift of Weyerhaeuser, Carl A.media/tryon_dawn copy.jpgplain2017-04-15T11:59:34-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-08T08:23:55-08:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cLouis Comfort Tiffany's "Duane Street"21877, oil on canvas, 26 3/4 x 30 1/16 in., Brooklyn Museum of Art 47.175, Dick S. Ramsay Fundmedia/tiffany_duanestreet.jpgplain2017-04-15T11:52:10-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-20T19:27:21-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cBuilding a new collection2gallery2017-03-21T19:45:43-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-03-20T19:28:26-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5cReplacing something in bad shape1plain2017-03-20T19:28:26-07:00Samantha Page4d4aad3cbb232d6b14d08c9a79a502129237df5c
12017-04-02T11:14:04-07:00Gallery picture - early SCMA3This photograph shows an early installation in of Smith's art collectionmedia/gallerypic.jpgplain2017-04-19T16:43:06-07:00