Grant Holcomb, Director
Memorial Art Gallery

DIRECTOR'S WELCOME

"Only through art can we get outside ourselves and know another's view of the universe, which is not the same as ours…Thanks to art, instead of seeing a single world, our own, we see it multiply until we have as many worlds as there are original artists." Marcel Proust

Welcome to the Memorial Art Gallery's website, one of the many new ways by which art museums connect people with art. We are now able to share with an international audience, the Gallery's many programs, events and a permanent collection described as the best-balanced collection in the state outside of metropolitan New York City.

We invite you to explore 5,000 years of world art, learn about current and upcoming lectures, events and temporary exhibitions, and experience our award-winning educational site, Odyssey Online.

The Memorial Art Gallery takes pride in its outreach to, and involvement with, the greater Rochester community, from Family Days to pioneering educational programs with the Rochester City School District. Conversely, the community's generous support of the Gallery (as evidenced in the highest per capita membership for an art museum in the country and more volunteers than any art museum in the northeast) helps make the Gallery a vital cultural and educational resource in western New York.

Grant Holcomb
Director