Museum Name: Loyola University Museum of Art
Schedule: Wednesday - Sunday: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. and Tuesdays: 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m
Established: 1969
Address: 820 North Michigan Avenue, Chicago, IL
Phone Number: 312.915.7600
Fax Number: 312.915.6388
Email: luma@luc.edu
Director: Pamela E. Ambrose
Website: www.luc.edu/luma
Focus: LUMA is dedicated to the exploration, promotion and understanding of the spiritual in art and artistic expression and attempts to illuminate the enduring spiritual questions and concerns of all cultures and societies
Ages: All
Cost: General: $6; Seniors: $5; free on Tuesdays
Class Trip Programs: Student tours are conducted on Wednesdays and Thursdays beginning November 1st. Tours must be booked at least one month in advance.
Class Trip Pricing: School tours are free for students, and $6 per adult.

The Museum interprets and displays the university's medieval, renaissance and baroque collection, known as the Martin D'Arcy, SJ, Collection, other museum permanent collections and rotating exhibitions. As a museum with an interest in education and educational programming, the Loyola University Museum of Art reflects the university's Jesuit mission and is dedicated to helping men and women of all creeds explore the roots of their own faith and spiritual quest.

Loyola University Chicago Studio Art Faculty Biennale
September 7, 2006 - September 30, 2006
September's exhibition will feature art by Loyola's fine arts faculty. The works will include ceramics, computer graphics, jewelry, painting and sculpture. Join LUMA as we honor our creative colleagues from the Lake Shore Campus.

The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama
October 28, 2006 - January 15, 2007
Organized by the Committee of 100 for Tibet (C100) and the Dalai Lama Foundation (DLF), The Missing Peace: Artists Consider the Dalai Lama is a multi-media art exhibition that brings together more than 79 well-respected artists representing 21 countries. The exhibition's goal, to create an international audience for recognizing the urgent need for world peace, is carried out by the celebrated and emerging artists that have been selected because their own work addresses themes related to compassion, peace, unity of all things, impermanence, spirituality, community, people in exile and non violence.

A Hidden Wholeness: The Zen Photography of Thomas Merton
October 28, 2006 - January 15, 2007
A Trappist monk at Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey, Merton was a prolific author who considered race and peace the two most urgent issues of the 20th century. For his social activism Merton endured severe criticism from Catholics and non-Catholics alike, who assailed his political writings as unbecoming of a monk. During his last years, he became deeply interested in Zen Buddhism. A Hidden Wholeness features 35 photographs that reveal Merton's interest in Zen-like subject matter