FACTS ABOUT THE MUSEUM

• The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum is one of seven art museums of comparable size in Louisiana. The museum's annual budget for operations is approximately $800,000. The facility is 33,000 sq. ft.

• The museum is staffed by seven full-time professionals, two graduate assistants and numerous undergraduate student workers. A compliment of over 50 community volunteers also support the operations. This does not include support staff working in the university's financial office, physical plant and technology.

• Over the past five years the museum has presented 56 exhibitions not including four graduating senior exhibitions each year. Four exhibitions organized by the museum have traveled nationally to other institutions and we have made numerous individual loans from the collection to other museums.

• The Museum's prized permanent collection includes nearly 3,000 paintings, drawings, sculptures, works on paper, and decorative arts objects. Particular strengths lie in the French painting collection and contemporary artists from the American South.

• In 2009 we completed two comprehensive professional assessments conducted by the American Association of Museums and Preservation Heritage in preparation for accreditation by 2012.

• The Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum enjoys the support of over 600 members, donors and business sponsors throughout Louisiana.