About Us
The University of Wyoming Art Museum is located in the Centennial Complex on the university
campus in Laramie, Wyoming. The Art Museum offers a year-round source of education
and entertainment for the entire family. Supported by public and private funds, the
Art Museum was created to serve the people of Wyoming and those who visit the state.
Museum exhibitions offer something for everyone and are displayed in an exciting gallery
environment. Special programs, lectures, openings, workshops, classes, and tours are
held regularly.
Accreditation
The University of Wyoming Art Museum has been accredited by the American Alliance
of Museums (AAM) since 1976. This accreditation recognizes the Museum's commitment
to excellence, high professional standards, and continued institutional improvements.
Just 5 percent of all museums in the U.S. earn AAM accreditation.
funding
The University of Wyoming Art Museum is funded in part by Union Wireless; WE Soda,
LLC; TRONOX; BlueCross BlueShield of Wyoming; BP America; Cloud Peak Energy Resources;
First Interstate Bank; Groathouse Construction, Inc.; Ivinson Memorial Hospital; Verizon
Wireless; Premier Bone & Joint; Cheyenne Regional Medical Center; Rocky Mountain Power
Foundation; the Guthrie Family Foundation; Exxon Mobile Foundation; Mendicino Family
Trust; Mary Storer Foundation; UW Foundation; Albany County School District #1; Richard
and Judith Agee; Daniel R Anthony; Stephen and Kathleen Beiber; Chris and Kathryn
Boswell; Tom and Jacque Buchanan; Ross and Marial Bulmer; Rod and Maxine Chisolm;
John and Esther Clay; Roy and Caryl Cline; Barbara Dilts; Patricia R. Guthrie; Mel
Cox; E. Jayne Dooley; Jerald and Annie Dukes; Cynthia Kendrick; David Jones and Mary
Hardin-Jones; Anthony Mandujano; Richard McGinity and Susan Berman; Frank and Barbara
Mendicino; Gary Negich; Nick Murdock; Charles and Reta Ralph; Tom and Sandra Rardin;
Pam Rentschler; Phyllis Shelton; Fred Von Ahrens; anonymous sponsors; Wyoming Public
Radio; the National Advisory Board of the UW Art Museum; Diane E Bonner Memorial Endowment
for Collections, National Advisory Board Endowment, Sherman W & Dorothy Burns Estate
Fund, Casper Art Museum Fund, Lisa Lewis Dubois Student Exhibition Award, James T
Forrest UW Art Museum Trust, Patricia Guthrie Special Exhibitions Gallery Endowment,
Erma M Hill UW Art Museum Endowment, Anonymous Excellence Fund, Robert and Judith
Redd Knight Endowment for Conservation and Acquisitions. Frank and Barbara Mendicino
Endowment for Collections and Conservation, Ron and Patti Salvagio Endowment for Art
Museum Programs. Sigrid See Excellence Fund for the Art Museum Teaching Institute,
Ann Simpson and Family Student Exhibition Award; Lucile Wright Endowment; UW Office
of the President, UW Office of Government & Community Relations; UW Office of Academic
Affairs, UW Division of Administration, UW Office of Student Affairs; UW College of
Agriculture and Natural Resources; UW College of Engineering and Applied Science;
UW Department of Art; UW Libraries; UW Outreach School; UW MFA Creative Writing; Wyoming
Community Foundation; and the Wyoming State Legislature; by grants from the National
Endowment for the Humanities and the Wyoming Arts Council through the Wyoming State
Legislature and the National Endowment for the Arts; and through the generosity of
many individuals and businesses.
our mission
The University of Wyoming Art Museum shares in the transformative power of art through
exhibiting, preserving, and interpreting visual culture from around the world. As
an integral part of the University of Wyoming, we foster a deeper connection with
humanity and creativity that envisions new futures by engaging academic, local, state,
national, and global communities.
Freedom of expression
The University's longstanding aspiration to be inclusive of and accessible to people from a range of diverse backgrounds,
ideas, and perspectives inspires the University’s ongoing commitment to creating a
supportive community of openness, tolerance, and respect. As part of this commitment,
the University of Wyoming Art Museum does not deny or accept exhibition proposals
based on their content, nor does the University of Wyoming censor content of its exhibitions.
As the state’s flagship university, the University pursues excellence as a land-grant
research institution dedicated to advancing knowledge and understanding for the public
good. The University of Wyoming Art Museum supports this mission by allowing all individuals
the chance to freely express themselves through art and providing exhibitions that
welcome the open, civil, and constructive exchange of ideas.
