Springfield Art Museum

In 1926, a little gathering of ladies drove by Deborah D. Weisel began an Art Study Club. Today, we have those women to thank for the Springfield Art Museum.

The Springfield Art Museum is the city’s most seasoned social organization expectation on proceeding with the tradition of craftsmanship appreciation, conservation and training that started with the vision and commitment of that extraordinary gathering of ladies.

On June 26, 1928, the gathering effectively joined as the Springfield Art Museum and promptly acquainted Springfield with voyaging shows from New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis and the sky is the limit from there. After eighteen years (1946), the Art Study Club deeded the historical center to the city.

Historical center Growth
As a city division, the Springfield Art Museum proceeded to develop and observe its long-lasting home in Phelps Grove Park with the biggest exhibition devoted to Ms. Weisel.

Today, the Springfield Art Museum keeps on regarding the tradition of the Art Study Group by growing local area exceed and acquainting individuals of any age with the magnificence, marvel and creative mind of craftsmanship. The staff — over a wide span of time — is completely dedicated to the Museum’s central goal:

Our Mission, Vision, and Values
The Springfield Art Museum welcomes you to associate with the world, your local area, and yourself through dynamic commitment with workmanship objects. We are stewards of the local area’s most significant social fortunes, and the eventual fate of the historical center and its projects keeps on being more brilliant than any time in recent memory. Click here to look into the Museum’s Mission, Vision, and Values (PDF).

Key Plan and 30-Year Master Plan
In 2014, the Springfield Art Museum sent off an aspiring Strategic Plan. It is centered around five vital spaces of development including: 1) Visibility and External Relations, 2) Collections Management, 3) Building and Grounds, 4) Audience Experience, and 5) Financial Growth.

OUR MISSION…
The Springfield Art Museum is devoted to upgrading the training and recording the assorted social
legacy of individuals of southwest Missouri, through the assortment, safeguarding and presentation of craftsmanship
objects.
OUR VISION…
The Springfield Art Museum perceives the past and accepts the future as a partner and impetus for
the change of people and the local area through craftsmanship. The Art Museum is an indispensable accomplice in the
monetary improvement of the city and qualities coordinated effort. The Museum will effectively develop the utilization of its
offices both inside and outside as a social asset for its residents through the proceeded with extension of its
extremely durable assortment, imaginative turn of events and development of shows and giving instructive effort
to the residents of Southwest Missouri.
OUR VALUES…
Greatness
We will be perceived for greatness in our assortment, presentations, instructive projects and different exercises
what’s more through the incredible skill and authority exhibited by our board, chief, staff, and volunteers,
Openness
We will guarantee craftsmanship and culture are actually and mentally available to all individuals from the local area
through our shows, projects, outreach, and other mission-driven exercises,
Significance
We will impart the pertinence of craftsmanship and culture to the local area and be perceived as an
indispensable piece of the social existence of Southwest Missouri,
Cooperation
We will construct a hierarchical culture that accepts cooperation dependent on the conviction that together we can
become more grounded and by settling on something worth agreeing on and dependably sharing assets we can accomplish more,
Responsibility
We will be scrupulous and judicious in our utilization of assets and will show our validity by
maintaining the most elevated moral guidelines and by accepting straightforwardness and responsibility,
Responsiveness
We will perceive our job as a social asset to Southwest Missouri and be receptive to the requirements of
the local area we serve inside the limits of our central goal.
Development
We will be proactive in fostering our assortments, staff, projects, and offices, and in the nonstop
development of our essence locally.