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Tucked-away treasures: Basement of the Haggerty

Photography by Ben Smidt


A visit to the Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art is like witnessing the tip of the iceberg: In fact, less than 1 percent of the permanent collection is on display because of a shortage of exhibition space. The bulk of the museum’s 4,500 pieces resides in the basement, including everything from Henri Matisse prints to an Andy Warhol canvas.

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Comment by Charles H. Willcox at Jul 28 2008 06:24 pm
What a different campus from the 1958-1962 era!!!!!
Thanks for sharing it this way with us so far away!
Charlie, Arts '62
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