Great Plains Art Museum
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox museum The Great Plains Art Museum is a fine arts museum in Lincoln, Nebraska dedicated to Great Plains art.<ref name=About>Template:Cite web</ref> It opened in 1981 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and is operated by the school's Center for Great Plains Studies.<ref name=museum>Template:Cite web</ref> It was founded with the Christlieb Collection, containing sculptures, paintings, drawings, and photographs, donated by John and Elizabeth Christlieb of Bellevue, Nebraska.
The Christlieb Collection includes works by Albert Bierstadt, William Henry Jackson, Frederic Remington, Charles Marion Russell and Olaf Wieghorst.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Subsequent acquisitions and donations have expanded the museum's collections to include works by Lyman Byxbe, John Philip Falter, Michael Forsberg, Veryl Goodnight, Jackson Pollock, Norman Rockwell, and Grant Wood.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Exhibits are typically rotated several times per year and include artwork from the permanent collection, guest-curated exhibitions, and traveling exhibits. The center and museum are located at Hewit Place on Q Street in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. The museum is free and open to the public.
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- Culture of the Western United States
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