Armand Hammer Museum Of Art And Cultural Center Inc

THE HAMMER MUSEUM AT UCLA BELIEVES IN THE PROMISE OF ART AND IDEAS. (SEE SCHEDULE O)TO ILLUMINATE OUR LIVES AND BUILD A MORE JUST WORLD.

EXHIBITIONS, PUBLICATIONS & COLLECTIONS: THE MUSEUM PRESENTS CONTEMPORARY AND HISTORICAL ART IN ALL MEDIA IN A ROTATING EXHIBITION PROGRAM THAT PRESENTS 10-15 EXHIBITIONS AND PUBLISHES 2-6 BOOKS EACH YEAR. THE MUSEUM CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD DURING FISCAL YEAR 2021, ULTIMATELY PRESENTING A SINGLE MUSEUM-WIDE EXHIBITION AND A RELATED PUBLICATION. EXHIBITIONS INITIALLY PLANNED FOR THAT FISCAL YEAR WERE RESCHEDULED. THE MUSEUM IS ALSO THE STEWARD OF FIVE COLLECTIONS: THE HAMMER CONTEMPORARY COLLECTION, A GROWING COLLECTION OF INTERNATIONAL CONTEMPORARY ART SINCE 1960; THE UCLA GRUNWALD CENTER FOR THE GRAPHIC ARTS COLLECTION, ONE OF AMERICA'S FINEST COLLECTIONS OF WORKS ON PAPER, CONTAINING MORE THAN 45,000 PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PHOTOGRAPHS, AND ARTISTS' BOOKS FROM THE RENAISSANCE TO THE PRESENT; THE ARMAND HAMMER COLLECTION, AN IMPRESSIVE COLLECTION OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS REFLECTING THE INTERESTS AND PASSION OF THE MUSEUM'S FOUNDER, ARMAND HAMMER; THE ARMAND HAMMER DAUMIER AND CONTEMPORARIES COLLECTION, ONE OF THE WORLD'S MOST EXTENSIVE COLLECTIONS OF PRINTS, DRAWINGS, PAINTINGS, AND SCULPTURE BY NINETEENTH-CENTURY FRENCH SATIRIST HONORE DAUMIER; AND THE UCLA FRANKLIN D. MURPHY SCULPTURE GARDEN, WHICH INCLUDES OVER 70 OUTDOOR SCULPTURES. OVER THE COURSE OF THE YEAR, THE MUSEUM HAD ROUGHLY 18,000 VISITORS, AND ROUGHLY 45,000 DIGITAL VISITORS. THE DECLINE IN VISITORS IS A DIRECT RESULT OF THE ONGOING COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

PUBLIC & ACADEMIC PROGRAMS: THE HAMMER'S 300+ PROGRAMS EACH YEAR ARE DESIGNED TO SPARK MEANINGFUL ENCOUNTERS WITH ART AND IDEAS. THEY INCLUDE LECTURES, SYMPOSIA, UNIVERSITY OUTREACH, FILM SERIES, READINGS, FAMILY EVENTS, TOURS, AND MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. WHILE NEARLY ALL IN-PERSON PROGRAMMING WAS PUT ON HOLD WHEN THE MUSEUM CLOSED TO THE PUBLIC FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD DURING FISCAL YEAR 2021, DOZENS OF PROGRAMS WERE PRESENTED DIGITALLY TO AUDIENCES IN LOS ANGELES AND AROUND THE WORLD. THESE DIGITAL PROGRAMS INCLUDED LECTURES, SCREENINGS, READINGS, TOURS, AND FAMILY EVENTS. HAMMER MUSEUMS PROGRAM DETAILS ARE AVAILABLE ON OUR WEBSITE, WWW.HAMMER.UCLA.EDU.