Meadows Museum of Art

Instituted in 1967, this museum features more than 1,300 works of art from a variety of world cultures and traditions. The Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana was founded in 1975 on the occasion of the College's 150th anniversary. The Meadows Museum was made possible by a gift from Algur H Meadows, a Centenary alumnus, who had purchased a collection of works by French Academic artist, Jean Despujols, for his Alma mater in 1969. Since that time, the permanent collection has grown in a variety of media from cultures around world-wide.
Exhibits have included a photo documentary with actual survivors of Hurricane Katrina. In addition to rotating exhibits to rotating exhibits, there is a permanent collection upstairs that is not to be missed.
The Meadows Museum of Art at Centenary College of Louisiana is an educational unit of the College charged with the collection, conservation, prevention and interpretation of the visual art works of museum quality from the permanent College Collection inclusive of the Indochina Collection.