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An Anniversary Celebration
From the mid 1960s through the 1970s with the collection
Your Support Makes All the Difference
All gifts will be matched in honor of our anniversary year
Connect Your Class with the Museum
We help design and lead class sessions in our permanent collection galleries and classrooms
A World of Art for All Ages
Teach with us at the Museum, in your classroom, or at home
On View Now
New work by Nydia Blas and Celia Vasquez Yui, a look at performance art and its documentation in 1990s China, and more!
Aug 19, 2023–Jan 7, 2024
Nydia Blas: Love, You Came from Greatness
A new series by Nydia Blas shown alongside photograph albums from the collection of Cornell University Library created by Black American families from the 1860s to 1980s.
Aug 26, 2023–Dec 17, 2023
Celia Vasquez Yui: The Council of the Mother Spirits of the Animals
Sculptures by the Peruvian artist Celia Vasquez Yui, who works in the Indigenous ceramic traditions of her people, the Shipibo-Konibo.
Aug 26, 2023–Dec 17, 2023
Between Performance and Documentation: Contemporary Photography and Video from China
Artworks and archival video footage explore the relationship between performance, photography, and video from the mid 1990s to today.
Upcoming
Events
Check here for artist talks and lectures, family programs, student workshops, and more events all year long, free and open to everyone.
Learn with Us
Engage with our educational resources for Cornell, Ithaca, and the region.
Plan Your Class
The Johnson Museum hosts hundreds of Cornell class sessions from more than 50 departments and programs every academic year.
Just Futures Initiative
Funded by major grant from to Cornell from the Mellon Foundation’s Just Futures Initiative, the Johnson Museum is bringing artists to campus whose research and practice explores issues relating to migration.
Discover Our Collection
Explore the Johnson’s collection of 40,000 works.
Johnson Kids
Visit this special spot for projects and inspiration that families can share together throughout the year.
About the Museum
The Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art at Cornell University opened in 1973 and has always been open to all without charge. Designed by I. M. Pei & Partners, the Museum is named for Herbert F. Johnson, Class of 1922.
Land Acknowledgment
Cornell University is located on the traditional homelands of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ (the Cayuga Nation). The Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ are members of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, an alliance of six sovereign Nations with a historic and contemporary presence on this land. The Confederacy precedes the establishment of Cornell University, New York state, and the United States of America. We acknowledge the painful history of Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ dispossession, and honor the ongoing connection of Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ people, past and present, to these lands and waters.
This land acknowledgment has been reviewed and approved by the traditional Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ leadership.
