The Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty Museum of Art, also referred to as the Haggerty Museum of Art or The Haggerty, is an

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located on the campus of Marquette University in downtown

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. The museum opened on November 11, 1984, following a collaborative effort chaired by professor Curtis L. Carter. As of 2025, its collection comprises about 10,000 works, a selection of which is on view on two levels of exhibition spaces totaling 5,246 sq. ft. (487 m²). Construction was made possible by a donation from

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and co-founder of Texas Instruments, Inc. Patrick E. Haggerty (1914–1980) and his wife Beatrice (1913–2003), for whom the museum is named. The building was originally designed by

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architect O'Neil Ford. After Ford's death, the project was taken over by Milwaukee architect David Kahler. American artist and social activist

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created a mural called '' Construction Fence'', inspired by

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, for the fence surrounding the building's construction site. The work was later relocated inside the galleries.

Permanent collection

The Haggerty’s permanent collection includes approximately 10,000 works of art, with strength in European paintings of the late Renaissance and early modern eras, 20th-century German art, modern and contemporary photographs, and fine art prints by post-war and contemporary artists. Most of these objects can be viewed through the museum's online collection search. Highlights include paintings by Pieter Claeissens, Charles-André van Loo, Gustave Caillebotte, Lovis Corinth, Diego Rivera, ,

Salvador Dalí Salvador Domingo Felipe Jacinto Dalí i Domènech, Marquess of Dalí of Púbol (11 May 190423 January 1989), known as Salvador Dalí ( ; ; ), was a Spanish Surrealism, surrealist artist renowned for his technical skill, precise draftsmanship, ...

, Jacob Lawrence, Jacques Villon, Andy Warhol; sculpture by

Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (; 11 May 1827 – 12 October 1875) was a French sculptor and painter during the Second Empire under Napoleon III. Life Born in Valenciennes, Nord, son of a mason, his early studies were under François Rude. Carpe ...

and Louise Nevelson; and works on paper by Otto Dix, Weegee, Robert Rauschenberg, and

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(a set of 105 colored etchings known as ''The Bible Series'' donated by Patrick and Beatrice Haggerty).

Collection highlights

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Permanent collection

Collection highlights

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