Fact sheet: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art

Overview: The University of Oregon's Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art is a premier Pacific Northwest visual arts center for exhibitions and collections of historic and contemporary art. The building is on the National Register of Historic Places.

Average annual number of visitors: 50,000
Number of objects in the museum's collections: 13,000+
Number of museum employees: 20
Fiscal 2008 budget: $1.8 million

Brief History:
• Designed by Ellis F. Lawrence, founding dean of the UO School of Architecture and Allied Arts.
• Built for $300,000, to house the Murray Warner Collection of Oriental Art, more than 3,000 works given to the university by Gertrude Bass Warner in 1921.
• Opened to the public as the University of Oregon Museum of Art in June 1933.
• Temporarily closed, October 2002, for a $14.2 million expansion and renovation that more than doubled its size and transformed its infrastructure. The project updated security and climate control to meet the standards required for hosting major traveling exhibitions.
• Renamed in 2005, in honor of a lead gift from Jordan Schnitzer of Portland, Ore., a 1973 English graduate, past president of the museum board, and member of the UO Foundation Board of Trustees.
• Grand reopening, January 2005, fully updated

Special Features:
• Collections galleries feature the museum's holdings in American, European, Korean, Chinese, and Japanese art.
• 4,000-square-foot Coeta and Donald Barker Changing Exhibitions Gallery.
• Educational suite featuring an interactive discovery gallery, art studio and Cheryl Ramberg Ford Lecture Hall.
• Education programs and outreach activities locally, regionally and statewide benefit more than 10,000 students annually.
• Reception hall, available for public rental.
• Marché Museum Café.
• Precious Cargo—The Museum Store.

Museum location and hours: 1430 Johnson Lane, University of Oregon campus, Eugene, Ore. Open 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday; 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday through Sunday. Closed Mondays, Tuesdays and major holidays.
Marché Museum Café hours: 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday through Friday; extended hours 8:30 a.m. to 7 p.m. Wednesday; Noon to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
Admission: Adults, $5; Seniors (62 and older) and students (high school and non-UO college with ID), $3. Free to museum members, UO students, UO faculty and staff members, and children 13 and under. Pay-what-you-wish MusEvenings! Wednesdays from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Free general admission to everyone the first Friday of each month.
Exhibition Schedule: http://jsma.uoregon.edu