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Allen Memorial Art Museum
6 reviews for Allen Memorial Art Museum
6 reviews in English
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Review from Jessica T.
San Francisco, CA
4/22/2010
I wish I would have relaxed more in college.
I wish I would have drank less gross concoctions (coca cola and Carla Rossi Sangria = yuck) in college.
I wish I would have procrastinated less in college.
I wish I would have gone to more concerts.
I wish I would have taken more art classes, theater classes, and film classes.
And I wish I would have visited the Allen Memorial Art Museum more.
Immersed in a confusing world of hormones, freedom, and finding myself - I neglected to take better advantage of this outstanding art resource.
The Allen Memorial Art Museum - founded in 1917 - hosts more than 14,000 works of art. It's a unique statuesque building - with prominent sandstone colored arches - and a wealth of history.
Probably the most unique aspect of this museum was it's art rental program - http://www2.oberlin.ed... . An unreal and inspiring art program, which allows Oberlin students (the same students who drink absurd things like cola and Carla Rossi) to rent priceless masterpieces of art - for a semester - for just five dollars.
Everyone would drag themselves out of their dingy single dorm beds - the big day of this program, excited - for first dibs on the truly astounding assortment of art - which could be rented out from here - http://www.youtube.com... .
If you got to the Museum early enough for the program - you could walk away with a Picasso or Dali.
Imagine.
Just imagine.
A dorm room - littered with gum wrappers, illegible class notes, ramen packets, Grateful Dead tapestries, dirty laundry, and red wine carpet stains...with a Renoir proudly hanging up in the corner.
Beautifully absurd. -
Review from Scott J.
Westborough, MA
5/23/2011
FABULOUS!! What a treasure for Oberlin college and the community. Seriously one of the best college art museums in the US (actually, a museum that any city would be proud of as well!). Art rental program that the AMAM runs for students, faculty and staff is absolutely amazing. Well worth the trip.
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Review from Kevin S.
San Francisco, CA
5/15/2005
One of the top college art museums in the country, Allen also runs a unique rental collection that lets students pay a 1-figure fee per semester to take home real art by significant artists, including Picasso, Lichtenstein, and others. The museum is closely aligned with one of the most renowned art conservation labs in the world, where priceless pieces are lovingly cared for, repaired, and restored by consummate conservators. Side note: I had a painting STOLEN here! An enormous 48 x 54 canvas thickly coated with paint, an image of two large plaster masks. I was doing a winter term project in the paintings studios behind Allen, and the day I was to turn it in, it disappeared from the studio. They didn't take my stretched blank canvases, my paint or my tools. They wanted my art. I was so proud to be victimized in this way. If you see it, call me.
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Review from Marti C.
9/5/2008
Free entry to a great art museum in the quaint Ohio town of Oberlin. It is wonderfully curated with a wide selection of priceless art from medieval times up through contemporary modern art. If you're ever anywhere near Oberlin by all means, stop in.
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Review from Erika G.
9/8/2008
free admission to one of the best college art museums in the nation -- need i say more? the selection of art on display is quite eclectic -- be prepared to travel several centuries and continents as you move from room to beautiful room -- and the staff is friendly and knowledgeable.
it's definitely worth the time to visit! -
Review from Maria D.
San Francisco, CA
6/24/2005
I only participated in Art Rental during my last semester at Oberlin. It is one of the things I really wish I'd done the entire time I was there. Even the experience leading up to art rental (where people sleep in the museum overnight in order to get a good number and thus, a good piece) was lots of fun. They have some awesome pieces and I'm happy I had the chance to have two of them in my room for 5 months.
