The Georgia Museum of Art will showcase art it has acquired over the past 10 years starting March 4.

In 1996 the Performing and Visual Arts Complex was built on East Campus, and the Museum moved there from its original location on North Campus.

This spring, it celebrates the move with its exhibit, “Ten Years of Acquisitions.”

“(The exhibit) represents a sampling of some of the types of things we acquired since we moved,” said Paul Manoguerra, curator of American art at the museum. “It's a great list of things – there's a lot that we are proud of.”

All of the works in the exhibit are part of the museum's permanent collection.

“American paintings are a true strength of the collection at the museum,” Manoguerra said. “The original gift to the museum was American art, and this is emphasized in the collection.”

The original gift was 100 paintings from Alfred Heber Holbrook, who founded the museum in the '40s. Works from his donation, which includes paintings by Georgia O'Keefe and Winslow Homer, can be viewed in other exhibits at the museum.

Manoguerra described Martha Daura's gift to the museum – over 400 works of her father's art – as one of the museum’s greatest donations. Pierre Daura was a celebrated Spanish-American artist, and his paintings and sculptures are featured in this exhibit.

“One of the most beautiful is one of Martha at age 13,” Manoguerra said. “It is called just that, ‘Martha at Age 13,’ and is a beautiful portrait of her in a red dress.”

Even though the museum has been in its current location for the past ten years, some students still don’t know about it.

“I kind of stumbled upon it by accident one day,” said Erica Goss, a senior from Valdosta. “You don't expect a museum to be right there – it's just right there by Ramsey.”

Students are especially encouraged to come to the museum for the exhibit.

“The officially stated purpose is, after all, to educate and entertain,” McGinty said.