BY JEREMY SHERE, PHOTOGRAPHY BY MICHAEL CAVANAGH AND KEVIN MONTAGUE, COURTESY OF THE IU ART MUSEUM
Among Bloomington’s many cultural touchstones, arguably the single greatest is the IU Art Museum. Home to more than 40,000 objects of rare quality from nearly every continent, it is widely considered to be one of the finest university art museums in the world. Presented here are a brief history of the museum and a sample of treasures from every area of its permanent collection.
