The Christian Petersen Art Museum – Ames, Iowa (ISU)
Iowa tourism will offer you the chance to see the works of Christian Petersen at the new Christian Petersen Art Museum located on the ISU campus in Ames, Iowa. The artist was the first residence-in-residence artists on any college campus in the nation.Sculpture was his primary medium but other works of his are also on display. The museum contains the largest collection of public works of art at any college in the nation. Take the time to see some of the 3,000 objects on display (some in storage.)The museum is located at Morrill Hall on the ISU campus where he was a faculty member from 1937 through 1955.
