"Collection catalogs" list objects owned by a museum. The Allen Museum has published three print and one digital collection catalog. Note that the collection catalogs here highlight works instead of being fully comprehensive reviews of the collections.
AMAM Collection Catalogs
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Allen Memorial Art Museum: highlights from the collection
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Call Number: Art Library, N650 .A52 2011Includes essays for many works not covered in previous catalogs of the collection. No bibliographies. In three parts:
1) A museum for Oberlin.
2) The collection: African, Ancient, Asian, American, European, Modern & contemporary, Prints & drawings, Photographs.
3) Beyond the galleries: Academic programs, K/12 education programs, Weltzheimer/Johnson House, Art rental collection, Friends of art. -
Catalogue of European and American paintings and sculpture in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
Call Number: Art Library, N650 .A57Publication Date: 1967Scholarly entries and black and white images make this an excellent resource for works acquired by the mid-1960s. An important title since not all, entries have been included in the museum's other collection catalogs. -
Catalogue of drawings and watercolors in the Allen Memorial Art Museum, Oberlin College
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Call Number: Art Library, NC25.O25 O256Publication Date: 1976Describes drawings and watercolors acquired by the museum through the the mid-1970s.
E-Museum
The E-Museum is the Allen Museum's digital collection catalog. Although it is the most up-to-date it does not duplicate all of the information in the other collection catalogs. For best results refer to both.
