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Steidle Collection of American Industrial Art
The Steidle collection of American industrial art
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    Power Ranking Penn State’s Museums
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    Student art exhibit draws from beauty found in Earth’s mantle
  • Patti Wood Finkle
    New EMS museum collections manager brings exhibit experience as space reopens
  • Julianne Snider, managing director of the EMS museum and art gallery, looks over historic meteorological instruments
    EMS Museum will use grant to improve geology, technology, art collection storage
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    EMS museum extends hours for football games, offers new exhibits
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    'Women’s Work' exhibit opens in the EMS Museum & Art Gallery
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6 Deike Building
University Park campus

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Monday to Friday: 10:00 am to 4:00 pm
Closed weekends and University holidays
Admission is always free

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Current Exhibits

The gallery of the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum is one of the primary venues for communicating EMS science to the public. Exhibits reflect current research across the College's five departments as well as the history of Earth and Mineral Sciences at Penn State. Exhibits feature objects from the museum collections and the Steidle Collection of Industrial Art. 

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Wonders of Work and Labor

The paintings and prints of the Steidle Collection capture the power and beauty of industry. The images, potent reminders of earlier vigorous industrial development in America, are a visual record connecting fine arts, industry, and education before World War II. Established and expanded by Edward Steidle during his tenure at The Pennsylvania State University, the collection, with its unique focus on the mineral industries, is one of the most comprehensive assemblages of American industrial art. The Steidle Collection is preserved and exhibited by the Earth and Mineral Sciences Museum and Art Gallery.

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