Galleries and Sculpture Garden
Gallery photography seen below may not accurately represent artworks on view at the Museum. To see which artworks are currently on view, please visit the Collection page. To learn about current exhibitions, please visit the On View page.
First Floor
![Adjoining galleries displaying abstract paintings on the walls and an abstract sculpture in the foreground; a person is seated on a bench in the far gallery](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w1000/general/photo-joshua_white-jwpictures.com-0451.png)
James M. Kemper Gallery
The Kemper Gallery showcases permanent collection artworks including paintings, sculpture, video, and works on paper from the 1950s to today. Currently on view in one of the rooms is a selection of contemporary artworks addressing the environment.
![Fall 2024 - Garen Gallery - Design Agendas Installation View](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w1000/event/2024fl_design-agendas_install_059.jpg)
Garen Gallery
The Garen Gallery presents special exhibitions and special installations of the permanent collection. Currently on view is Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s.
![Fall 2024 Ebsworth Gallery - Design Agendas Installation View](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w1000/general/2024fl_design-agendas_install_009.jpg)
Barney A. Ebsworth Gallery
The Ebsworth Gallery presents special exhibitions. Currently on view is Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s.
Second Floor
![Installation view of a gallery: five paintings hanging on the walls, one of the walls being orange, and three standing display cases](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w1000/general/bernoudy-exile-3533-1675x1115.png)
Gertrude Bernoudy Gallery
The Bernoudy Gallery contains works from the permanent collection, presenting paintings, sculpture, and works on paper from the 19th to the mid-20th century. Currently on view are artworks by artists in exile during World War II and related documentation.
Lower Level
![A small gallery space with two large freestanding display cases and two smaller display cases mounted to walls, all containing vases and pottery fragments](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w1000/general/photo-joshua_white-jwpictures.com-9725copy-1675x1117.png)
Stair Gallery
The Stair Gallery facilitates public access to historical objects from the collection. Currently on view are ancient Greek vessels that offer a glimpse of the chronological, geographic, functional, and stylistic variety of ancient Greek painted pottery.
![A gallery space with fourteen small framed artworks on the walls; there is a bench in the middle of the room, and a person stands with their back to us looking at an artwork](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w1000/general/photo-joshua_white-jwpictures.com-9456-1675x1116.png)
Works on Paper Gallery
These two adjacent galleries feature prints, drawings, and photographs spanning six centuries from the Museum’s collection. Currently on view are Printmaking and the US Political Landscape, 1968–present and Technological Transformations: Experimentation and Photography.
![Teaching Gallery - Fall 2024](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w1000/general/photo-joshua_white-jwpictures.com-4q6a6412.jpg)
Teaching Gallery
The Teaching Gallery is dedicated to presenting works from the Museum’s collection with direct connections to Washington University courses. Currently on view is "Don't Be Angry!".
![Fall 2024 Video Gallery - Myth of Pruitt Igoe](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w1000/general/2024fl_design-agendas_install_075.jpg)
Video Gallery
The Video Gallery is a permanent space devoted to time-based media. Currently on view is Design Agendas: Modern Architecture in St. Louis, 1930s–1970s.
Sculpture Garden
![A semi-transparent circular structure stands the grass in front of a well-lit, glass-front building with the name "Weil" over the wooden door. Smaller sculptures are visible, including a standing bronze of a human figure to the far right, and a sculpture with a red triangular base and black wing-like appendages](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w1000/general/img_3704-1675x1117.png)
Florence Steinberg Weil Sculpture Garden
Situated north of Weil Hall, along a primary pedestrian thoroughfare, the Sculpture Garden features works by such iconic sculptors as Auguste Rodin and Alexander Calder, as well as contemporary commissioned works by Dan Peterman and Dan Graham.
Floorplan
![Floorplan for the Kemper Art Museum's three floors](https://kemper.qi-cms.com/website/media/w1000/general/visitor_guide_092319final-map-updated.png)