Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art
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The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art is located on Marquette University's campus. It opened in 1984 and is named after husband and wife couple, Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty, who left money in their estate to help build an art museum. Patrick graduated from Marquette and later co-founded the company Texas Instruments. The museum contains 4,500 works of art and features works by several notable artists including Lichtenstein, Chagall, Warhol, Toulouse-Lautrec, and Dalí. Works include paintings, prints (including Old Master prints), decorative arts, and photographs. Another interesting part of the collection is a collection of Thai paintings.
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The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art opened in 1984.
Sources
"About the Lawrence G. Haggerty Faculty Award for Research Excellence." Marquette University. Accessed February 20, 2018. http://www.marquette.edu/universityhonors/haggertyaward.shtml.
"History." Haggerty Museum of Art. Accessed February 20, 2018. http://www.marquette.edu/haggerty/history.php.
Photo: Royalbroil, via Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_and_Beatrice_Haggerty_Museum_of_Art#/media/File:Haggarty_Museu...
"History." Haggerty Museum of Art. Accessed February 20, 2018. http://www.marquette.edu/haggerty/history.php.
Photo: Royalbroil, via Wikimedia Commons
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_and_Beatrice_Haggerty_Museum_of_Art#/media/File:Haggarty_Museu...