DeVos Art Museum
Enhancing the mission of Northern Michigan University through exhibitions and programs that engage creative culture across campus, local, and regional communities.
The DeVos Art Museum opened in February 2005, following the completion of a new museum building designed by HGA Architects. The Museum is located within the School of Art and Design at NMU. The Museum emerged from the former Lee Hall Gallery, which was established in 1975 to serve the Art and Design Department at NMU as a departmental gallery showcasing student and faculty work. The role of the gallery grew to include rotating exhibitions of national artists and established a permanent art collection of over 2,000 objects.
The DeVos Art Museum features 8-10 exhibitions annually in two galleries. One gallery features rotating exhibits, including national, community, and student works, while the other gallery showcases exhibitions curated from the permanent collection. The collection features indigenous and Japanese art, photography, local and regional art, modern and contemporary design, and 20th-century illustration. Annual donors, the Friends of the DeVos Art Museum, and three endowments, including The John X. and June A. Jamrich Endowment, the University Art Museum Endowment, and the DeVos Foundation Endowment support the Museum.