Great Plains Art Museum

The Great Plains Art Museum is a fine arts museum in Lincoln, Nebraska dedicated to Great Plains art.^[1] It opened in 1981 at the University of Nebraska–Lincoln and is operated by the school's Center for Great Plains Studies.^[2] It was founded with the Christlieb Collection, containing sculptures, paintings, drawings, and photographs, donated by John and Elizabeth Christlieb of Bellevue, Nebraska.

Great Plains Art Museum

Established	1981; 44 years ago (1981)
Location	1155 Q Street, Hewit Place Lincoln, Nebraska
Coordinates	40°48′56″N 96°42′16″W
Type	Art museum
Website	plains.unl.edu/

The Christlieb Collection includes works by Albert Bierstadt, William Henry Jackson, Frederic Remington, Charles Marion Russell and Olaf Wieghorst.^[3] Subsequent acquisitions and donations have expanded the museum's collections to include works by Lyman Byxbe, John Philip Falter, Michael Forsberg, Veryl Goodnight, Jackson Pollock, Norman Rockwell, and Grant Wood.^[4][5]

Exhibits are typically rotated several times per year and include artwork from the permanent collection, guest-curated exhibitions, and traveling exhibits. The center and museum are located at Hewit Place on Q Street in downtown Lincoln, Nebraska. The museum is free and open to the public.