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The Museum of Fine Arts houses and preserves preeminent collections and aspires to serve a wide variety of people through direct encounters with works of art. The Museum aims for the highest standards of quality in all its endeavors. It serves as a resource for both those who are already familiar with art and those for whom art is a new experience. Through exhibitions, programs, research, and publications, the Museum documents and interprets its own collections. It provides information and perspective on art through time and throughout the world.

THE MUSEUM OF WISCONSIN ART CELEBRATES THE VALUE, DIVERSITY, AND UNIQUENESS OF THE VISUAL ARTS AND ARTISTS OF WISCONSIN. THIS IS ACHIEVED BY COLLECTING, CONSERVING, DOCUMENTING, EXHIBITING, AND PROMOTING AESTHETIC UNDERSTANDING OF THE VISUAL ARTS OF WISCONSIN.

Playzeum is a breakthrough concept conceived and designed to bring the play museum experience to children who need it most with play spaces that encourage child-directed, spontaneous, loose parts play – the kind of play that is critical to nurturing young children’s creativity, teaching problem solving and developing literacy.

The mission of the Museum is to support and promote public interest, awareness, knowledge and education within the visual arts in Southern California. To this end, the Corporation shall, among other things, develop and maintain a collection of original works of art of the highest artistic merit dedicated to preserving the timeless art of storytelling within a uniquely creative museum environment.

To nurture the intellectual, artistic, and professional development of students and community members through rigorous visual arts and design education.

TO PROMOTE, TEACH, AND NOURISH THE CREATION AND APPRECIATION OF THE VISUAL ARTS.

To Explore, Explain, and Sustain life.