Past director and Jim Dine smile and lift a print off a printing press
Museum Collections
A student stands in front of a storage rack storing framed artwork

Collection Study Center

Home of the Permanent Collection, the Collection Study Center features open collection storage paired with the Patricia W. and Samuel H. Smith Collection Classroom. Our expert staff provides faculty, students, and community members with opportunities to engage with unique objects of visual culture.
Learn About the Collection

Two people work on an orange cylinder

Collection Care

Curious about your privately-owned artwork? Please use these resources to better understand collection care.
Collection Care & Services

Permanent Collection Searchable Database

The museum is responsible for a collection of over 4,000 priceless artworks housed in the Collection Study Center, unique within the WSU system. The CSC provides a portal for academic research and professional training through personalized access to the important works in WSU’s permanent collection. Your membership helps support scholarly research and an ever-expanding collection of art, visible here through our Permanent Collection Searchable Database.
Explore the Online Collection

Recent Acquisition Highlights

A still from a video of a person wearing a hazmat suit in a mossy forest observes a green orb.
Etsuko Ichikawa, Vitrified, 2018, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Permanent Collection, Museum Purchase
An abstract print with tans, oranges, and dark browns.
Sylvia Wald, Dark Wings, 1953-1954, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Permanent Collection, Gift of Scott Patnode
A framed print of 2 pyramids in a desert, with overcast skies.
Richard Misrach, Road Blockade and Pyramids, 1989, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Permanent Collection, Gift of Timothy Bradbury
A black painting on canvas with red iconography and white handprints.
Michael Spafford, Coatlicue, 1980, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Permanent Collection, Gift the Spafford family in memory of Duke Washington
A framed print of a caribou, light-wire, and bust on a dark background.
Ann Hamilton, Cordova, 1987/printed 2002, Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art WSU Permanent Collection, Gift of Timothy Bradbury