Our collections are the heart of our teaching museum used as a resource to increase visual literacy and investigate the diversity of human experience.
Collection Study Rooms
Our study rooms provide a portal into the art collections of Pomona College. They function as both storage and gallery, with open table space and walls for short-term display of objects not currently on view in the galleries. Providing an opportunity for close examination of works of art without the barriers normally needed for public display, the study rooms give students, faculty, and selected members of the public intimate contact with original works of art.
A generous gift from Carlton and Laura Seaver allowed the museum to update the traditional role of a collection study space by equipping it as a state-of-the art “smart classroom.” This technology brings access to the collections into the 21st century, melding the study of tangible, physical objects with the virtual and encyclopedic resources online.