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Mission and History of the Figge Art Museum The Figge Art Museum actively serves the public by promoting appreciation and creation of visual art through education, and by collecting, conserving and exhibiting art. As a vital, responsive institution, the museum brings art and people together, expands the knowledge and love of art, and betters the life of the community through the power of art. The Figge Art Museum draws upon the rich history of the Davenport Museum of Art while setting new standards for cultural, social and economic development. The new facility will provide unparalleled social, cultural and educational spaces for the community. The Davenport Municipal Art Gallery opened in 1925, through a gift of 350 European and Mexican Colonial paintings, creating the first municipal art gallery in the State of Iowa. Today, the collections have grown over ten-fold and include more than 3,500 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from the 16th century to the present. In 1963, the museum changed its name to the Davenport Museum of Art and moved to a new facility. The museum has now begun its next phase of growth: relocation to the heart of downtown Davenport in a new, 115,000 square foot facility overlooking the Mississippi designed by London architect David Chipperfield. The new museum will allow a substantial portion of the collections to be permanently on view for the first time in the museum鈥檚 history. Ample space has been designed for traveling and educational exhibitions. Leading the way for this project, a $13 million gift from the V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Foundation. In recognition of this generous contribution, the new arts facility was named the Figge Art Museum. The new building and new name represent significant changes. With the aid of hundreds of community members, the museum has itself become a community-centered institution that will serve the Quad Cities region. The museum has conducted a $46.9 million capital campaign. It has launched a Charter Membership campaign to increase the operating endowment, finalized a three-year strategic plan, and established a national marketing campaign. Attendance is on track to reach 80,000 annually. The goal is to become the leading community-centered regional art museum on the Mississippi. A unique aspect of the Figge Art Museum is that over fifty percent of the building is dedicated to education. We anticipate over 600 public programs annually reaching close to 30,000 children and adults. The Education Department is continually working to develop educational resources for area school children, and the museum鈥檚 new, enhanced web site will be a valuable medium to make this information available in all homes and classrooms. FIGGE ART MUSEUM MISSION The Figge Art Museum, formerly the Davenport Museum of Art, actively serves the public by promoting appreciation and creation of visual art through education, and by collecting, conserving and exhibiting art. As a vital, responsive institution, the Museum brings art and people together, expands the knowledge and love of art and enriches the life of the community through the power of art. VISION STATEMENT The Figge Art Museum will be the leading regional art museum of eastern Iowa and western Illinois by: engaging, educating, and delighting a broad and diverse public with outstanding art exhibitions, acquisitions, and education programs; collaborating with local and national organizations to reflect the aesthetic needs and interests of the community and to attract community, cultural, and financial support; focusing on the assets of the Figge, building on the strengths of the collections, continuing its professional dedication to scholarship; promoting it as a community forum and tourist destination; creating a welcoming and intellectually stimulating atmosphere conducive to aesthetic enjoyment, contemplation, learning, and inspiration. VISION STATEMENT We place the people we serve and the art we care for and present at the center of the museum鈥檚 endeavors. We set high standards for ourselves, emphasizing excellence, integrity, creativity, and attention to detail. We serve people through thoughtful innovation and a respect for world-wide cultures. We believe that an understanding of art and creativity enables people to make better decisions about their lives and to understand differences. We take seriously our responsibility as stewards and advocates of the users, collections, exhibitions and the museum building and the ideals of applying creativity to making, understanding and viewing art.COLLECTIONS The Figge Art Museum's permanent holdings include many nationally and internationally known objects and bear witness to more than seven decades of philanthropy and civic pride. The collections, organized in seven areas, offer a distinctive look at regional, national and international art from the 15th century to the present. A gift of 334 paintings from Charles August Ficke to the City of Davenport formed the nucleus of the Davenport Municipal Art Gallery's permanent collection when it was established in 1925. Due to space limitations, not all works from the permanent collections are on display at any given time. If you are interested in viewing a particular collection, please call ahead to confirm what will be on view at the time of your visit. The American Collection includes works from the Colonial period to 1945, with particular strengths in the 19th century landscape traditions of the Hudson River School artists Asher B. Durand, John Kensett, Albert Bierstadt and others. C. A. Ficke's original gifts in this area have been enhanced by a number of generous donations including In the Wheatfield, by Winslow Homer, and In Gentle Slumber, by George Eastman. The Midwest Regionalist Collection focuses on the works of Grant Wood, Thomas Hart Benton, John Steuart Curry and other Midwestern artists who defined this style in the 1930s and 1940s. The Figge's Midwest Regionalist Collection boasts the only painted self-portrait of Grant Wood, whose enigmatic portrait of Midwesterners, American Gothic, is perhaps the most recognized painting in American art. A full-color catalogue featuring the work of Grant Wood and essays by the FAM curatorial staff is available through the Museum Shop. The Mexican Colonial Collection documents the growth of painting in New Spain in the 17th and 18th centuries out of the traditions of European religious painting of the same period. Many of the DMA's holdings in this area are part of the original museum gift from C. A. Ficke and are perhaps the most distinguished in the country. A full-color catalog featuring these works is available in the Museum Shop. The Haitian Collection documents the flowering of a rich artistic tradition within the island nation of Haiti since the 1940s. In 1967, the Davenport Museum of Art established one of the first collections of Haitian art in the United States. Donations made by Dr. Walter E. Neiswanger, a long-time museum patron and trustee, form the majority of the comprehensive collection which ranges from the first generation to the most recent developments.