Our Collection

Celebrating Art of the Natural World

Our collection includes more than 14,000 objects spanning historic and contemporary paintings, drawings, field sketches, graphics, photographs, sculptures, decorative arts, and glass.

 

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Now on View

IN THE MUSEUM

Cast, Carved & Cut

IN THE GARDENS

Lower Sculpture Garden

A Selection of Our Collection

John James Audubon

Pacific Loons, ca. 1834

Oil on canvas

26 3/4 x 39

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Antoine-Louis Barye

Bear Climbing a Tree, Devouring an Owl, ca. 1850

Bronze

7 5/8 x 7 x 4 5/8

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Fidelia Bridges

Chickadees, Wheat, and Morning Glory, 1879

Oil on canvas

16 x 12 1/8

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Joseph Cornell

The Storm that Never Came, 1971

Mixed media on paper

9 x 12

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Jasper Francis Cropsey

Hazy Afternoon, Autumn, 1873

Oil on canvas

12 x 20

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Owen J. Gromme

Whistling Swans over Dunes, ca. 1968

Oil on canvas

28 1/8 x 40

Gift of BMO Harris Bank

Harriet Whitney Frishmuth

Eagle on a Rock, 1910

Bronze

11 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 12

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Andy Warhol

Rooster, ca. 1957

Ink and watercolor on paper

16 1/4 x 23

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Louis Agassiz Fuertes

Red-bellied Woodpeckers, 1927

Watercolor on paper

14 3/8 x 10 3/8

Museum purchase with funds provided by the John and Alice Forester Charitable Trust

Andrew Wyeth

Birdbath, 1994

Watercolor on rag paper

19 3/8 x 27 1/2

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Jamie Wyeth

My Chicken Transports, 1982

Mixed media on paper on board

24 x 31 1/2

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

N.C. Wyeth

The Great Blue Heron, 1942

Oil on linen

40 1/4 x 30 1/4

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Joseph Stella

Sleeping Duck, ca. 1940

Watercolor and graphite on paper

14 1/2 x 16

Museum purchase with funds provided by the John and Alice Forester Charitable Trust

Severin Roesen

Flowers in a Crystal Vase, ca. 1859

Oil on canvas

20 x 17

Museum purchase with funds provided by the John and Alice Forester Charitable Trust

Robert Burns Motherwell

Magpie, 1952

Ink on paper

27 1/2 x 22

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Martin Johnson Heade

Two Hooded Visorbearer Hummingbirds, ca. 1864-65

Oil on canvas

9 x 11

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Childe Hassam

The Haystacks, 1885

Oil on canvas

30 x 41

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation and Tribute Funds in memory of San. W. Orr, Jr.

Gaston Lachaise

Peacocks, ca. 1923 – 29

Bronze

22 1/2 x 53 x 7 1/2

Museum purchase with Tribute Funds in memory of Dr. and Mrs. Lyman Spire and funds from the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

Bruno Liljefors

Snipe in the Marsh, 1908

Oil on canvas

30 x 39

Museum purchase with funds provided by John and Alice Woodson Forester and Lyman and Nancy Woodson Spire in honor of the Museum’s Fifteenth Anniversary

Wilhelm Kuhnert

Klaas’s Cuckoo, 1906

Oil on canvas on board

6 x 9 3/4

Museum purchase with Tribute Funds

Don Richard Eckelberry

Puerto Rican Parrots, 1973

Acrylic on J. Whatman illustration board

19 1/2 x 29 1/2

Gift of Lyman and Nancy Woodson Spire

Carl Rungius

Spaniel Dickey with Pheasant, ca. 1950

Oil on canvas board

16 x 12

Museum purchase with funds provided by the John and Alice Forester Charitable Trust

John Steuart Curry

Grant Wood, 1937

Pastel, colored pencil, and pencil on paper board

24 x 21 3/4

Museum purchase with funds provided by the John and Alice Forester Charitable Trust

Thomas Hill

River Landscape, 1878

Oil on canvas

21 x 36

Museum purchase with funds provided by the Nancy Woodson Spire Foundation

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Hot Off the Press: From Matrix to Masterpiece

MAY 16, 2026 - AUG 30, 2026

Hot Off the Press: From Matrix to Masterpiece

This exhibition brings together works from the permanent collection highlighting the full spectrum of printmaking techniques, including intaglio, relief, lithography, and serigraphy. Spanning centuries of innovation, the selection emphasizes both the art historical significance of these prints and the processes that shaped them. From the precision of engraved lines to the boldness of carved blocks and the vibrant layers of screen printing, the works demonstrate the enduring dialogue between technical mastery and artistic vision.

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