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The Helen Foresman Spencer Museum of Art at the University of Kansas houses an internationally-known collection that is deep and diverse, currently numbering nearly 36,000 artworks and artifacts in all media. The collection spans the history of European and American art from ancient to contemporary, and includes broad and significant holdings of East Asian art. After extensive renovations, the museum recently reopened its 20/21 Gallery, in which modern and contemporary objects are presented. Areas of special strength include medieval art; European and American paintings, sculpture and prints; photography; Japanese Edo-period painting and prints; 20th-century Chinese painting; and KU鈥檚 ethnographic collection, which includes around 10,000 Native American, African, Latin American and Australian works. Through its collection, exhibitions, and public programming, the Spencer presents distinctive opportunities for dialogue, scholarship, and reflection. Public programs offer many possibilities for students, faculty, and the community to engage with artists and thinkers from around the world. Varied programs for school children, KU students, and the public include guided tours, gallery conversations, children鈥檚 classes and gallery activities, lectures, workshops, films, and music and dance performances. The Student Advisory Board, a multidisciplinary group of undergraduate and graduate students, offers one of many opportunities for volunteer involvement. Objects not on view in the galleries are available by appointment. Works on paper are accessible for viewing in the Print Room every Friday during the Spencer鈥檚 鈥淲alk-ins Welcome鈥� program, from 10 a.m. to Noon and 1-4 p.m. The Spencer organizes exhibitions of local, regional, national and international interest. For example, Aaron Douglas: African American Modernist presents the first nationally touring retrospective of the work of Aaron Douglas (1899-1979), a native of Topeka, Kansas, who became the foremost visual artist of the Harlem Renaissance. The exhibition opens at the Spencer in September 2007 and will travel to major venues in Nashville, Washington, D.C., and New York City. A scholarly catalogue, co-published by the Spencer and Yale University Press, accompanies the exhibition.