The Castellani Art Museum serves as a cultural resource for Niagara University and its surrounding community and an attraction for regional and international tourists. Exhibitions of nationally known and emerging contemporary artists and traditional folk arts are presented each year. Artist talks, workshops and educational programming accompany each exhibition. Niagara County's only collecting art museum, the Castellani has a permanent collection of over 5700 works of art, including well known artists such as Picasso, Miro, Dali, Calder, Nevelson, Warhol and many others. Admission is always free. Donations welcome!
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Hours of Operation
Tuesday - Saturday 11:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Sunday 1:00 - 5:00 p.m.
Closed Mondays
The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University’s newly published collection catalogue: “The Armand and Eleanor Castellani Collection: Art for the Public Eye” is now available for online purchase.
$30, includes NYS sales tax, shipping and handling. Order here
The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University (CAM) released the first publication about our permanent collection in fall 2015. The catalogue includes an essay by former director, Dr. Sandra Olsen, which gives a history of the collection and how it was assembled. An essay by Marian Granfield, Director of Niagara University’s Art History with Museum Studies Program, provides an overview of the educational programming offered by the CAM with special emphasis on how the visual arts can be used to teach across disciplines.
The book also includes 52 stunning color plates and a checklist of selected gifts from the Armand and Eleanor Castellani family.
Current Exhibits
Sara M. Zak: An Overwhelming Familiarity
September 25, 2016 - January 11, 2017Sara M. Zak’s large-scale paintings are composed of complex multi-layered narratives. Built primarily around recurrent imagery of a blissful young girl, a swing, suspension apparatus, the American flag and architectural interiors; her work combines lush... Read More →
Gisela Colón: Glo-Pods
August 28, 2016 - February 12, 2017The Castellani Art Museum of Niagara University is pleased to present an exhibition of sculptures by Los Angeles based artist Gisela Colón. Glo-Pods will be on display from August 28, 2016 – February 12, 2017. Gisela... Read More →
"Still at it": The Art and Schematics of Rich deCorse
July 17, 2016 - December 18, 2016The clanking of gears, the flowing melodies of a piano, and the etching of pen across paper: these are a few of the sounds you encounter in Rich deCorse’s workshop. Among the many tables and... Read More →
