North Carolina State University Gallery of Art and Design
Guided tours of the NCSU Gallery of Art and Design's collections and exhibitions are available for school groups.
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The Gallery of Art & Design is the art museum of North Carolina State University. NC State’s visual art holdings are as diverse as its course offerings. The Gallery’s collection reflects the curricula of the university’s Colleges of Design, Textiles, Engineering, and Humanities and Social Sciences. The objects provide research materials, inspire new and innovative design, and help explain the creative process. Each year the Gallery presents a series of changing exhibitions of the finest regional, national and international visual arts in NC State’s museum facilities in the Talley Student Center. All exhibitions and programs are free and open to the public. In addition to its exhibitions, the Gallery of Art & Design maintains permanent collections of applied and decorative arts, including architectural drawings and works on paper, ceramics, paintings, photography, textiles, metal, furniture, and works by self-taught artists. To arrange a tour of any part of the Gallery of Art & Design’s permanent collection please call 919-515-3503 between 9am and 5pm, Monday-Friday.
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