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The Figge Art Museum is an art museum in Davenport, Iowa. The Figge, as it is commonly known, has an encyclopedic collection and serves as the major art museum for the eastern Iowa and western Illinois region.
Study sculpture at the Figge through new FREE programming on selected Sundays in 2024. Each of the listed Sundays will have a FREE session exploring the area of sculpture inspired by artist David Smith's "March Sentinal," on loan from Art Bridges. LEARN MORE SHARE EVENT.
The Figge Art Museum’s permanent holdings include many nationally and internationally known objects and bear witness to more than seven decades of philanthropy and civic pride. The collections offer a distinctive look at regional, national and international art from the 15th century to the present.
The Figge Art Museum is the premier art exhibition and education facility between Chicago and Des Moines. Its landmark glass building on the banks of the Mississippi, designed by British architect David Chipperfield, is home to one of the Midwest’s finest art collections, and presents world-class traveling exhibitions.
Find the Figge’s Art Cart in select galleries throughout the fall and have in-depth conversations about art! Books, objects, gallery games and information, along with a trained docent, will be available for guests to explore art topics in new ways.
The Figge has a collection of approximately 3,000 works that reflect artistic styles and developments from the Renaissance to contemporary art, with particular strengths in American Regionalist, Mexican Colonial and Haitian Art.
Beginning in 1929, through a gift from a local art patron, Clarence T. Lindley, the Figge has been home to a modest but impressive group of American Impressionist and Tonalist inspired landscapes.
