Identity elements
Reference code
ASU0096
Name and location of repository
Level of description
Collection
Title
Lowe Art Museum records
Date(s)
- 1950-1990 (Creation)
Extent
9 Boxes
Name of creator
Biographical history
From its origins in three classrooms in 1950, the Lowe Art Museum has been committed to fulfilling its mission to serve the University of Miami as a teaching resource, and the residents of and visitors to greater Miami as a major general art museum. With the gift in 1950 by philanthropists Joe and Emily Lowe, this free-standing museum facility opened to the public in 1952 as the first art museum in South Florida. Its 17,500–object collection is one of the most important in the southeast, with strengths in Renaissance and Baroque, American, Ancient and Native American, and Asian art.
Content and structure elements
Scope and content
The Lowe Art Museum collection contains records, reports, and publications from 1950 to 1990 relating to support groups, publicity, the Kress Wing of the building, correspondence, administration, and events.
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use elements
Conditions governing access
Restrict personnel records if necessary per UM policy.
Physical access
Technical access
Conditions governing reproduction
Languages of the material
- English
Scripts of the material
Language and script notes
Finding aids
Generated finding aid
Acquisition and appraisal elements
Custodial history
Immediate source of acquisition
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information
Accruals
Related materials elements
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related archival materials
Beaux Arts scrapbooks in our collection.
Related descriptions
Notes element
General note
Other Information:
Accession numbers 06-002 (Kress wings and Friends of Art) 2006
Specialized notes
Alternative identifier(s)
Description control element
Rules or conventions
Sources used
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Lowe Art Museum (Creator)
- Joe and Emily Lowe Art Gallery (University of Miami) (Subject)