Steinberg Museum of Art

The mission of Steinberg Museum of Art is to consistently provide an environment that encourages exploration of the visual arts. A year-round schedule of temporary exhibitions covers topics from antiquity to the cutting edge of contemporary art. Opening receptions, lectures, music performances, and other events enhance the exhibitions and scholarship at the Museum. In these ways, the Museum supports the academic mission of LIU.

In 2017 LIU completed a major renovation to the Museum. One of the unique features of the space is a visible storage suite that gives students, faculty, staff, and scholars unprecedented access to more than 4,000 objects from the Permanent Collection.

Across 45 years, the Museum has developed a Collection that is diverse and comprised of objects that support the mission of both a liberal arts university and a college of the arts. African sculpture and textiles, Chinese painting and sculpture, and Contemporary Art form the majority of the Collection. Additionally, a major component of the Collection is Pre-Columbian Art. These works in textile, ceramic, feather, stone, and wood are unrivaled in museum collections on Long Island.