Janet Turner Print Museum

The Janet Turner Print Museum first opened in 1981 on the campus of California State University, Chico to house 2000 prints donated from the personal collection of American artist and printmaker Janet E. Turner. Janet Turner's work is also included in the collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Seattle Art Museum, the Portland Art Museum, the Dallas Museum of Art, and the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, and the Bywaters Special Collections at Southern Methodist University. In 2016, the museum moved into its current location in the new Arts and Humanities building on the California State University, Chico campus, with a dedicated museum gallery and archive room. The museum collection continues to grow through donations including a significant donation in 2023 of prints by Northern California artists from the private collection of Reed Applegate. The permanent collection now includes over 4000 prints from over 40 countries, including prints by contemporary printmakers and world-renowned artists, including Salvador Dalí, Judy Chicago, David Hockney, Käthe Kollwitz, Pablo Picasso, Betye Saar, Rufino Tamayo, Kara Walker, and Andy Warhol. In 2023 the Janet Turner Print Museum made its collection accessible online funded through a grant from the Henry Luce Foundation. In 2024 the museum was recognized For Excellence in Museum Education by the California Association of Museums and California Department of Education, receiving the Superintendent’s Award for its Kids@TheTurner after school program for K-12 students. == Affiliations ==

The Janet Turner Print Museum is a member of the following museum organizations • American Association of Museums • Association of Academic Museums and Galleries • California Association of Museums == References ==