Gilbert Millikan Art Resource Center
School of Art
History and Holdings
The Millikan Center was established in 1996 as the School of Art’s “Art History and Criticism Resource Center.” In 2013 it was renamed and dedicated in memory of Gilbert Millikan, former member of the College of Visual and Performing Arts Advisory Board and a great friend of the School of Art. The Millikan Center contains mat
erials for the use of students, staff, and faculty of the School of Art and the university community. Its holdings include: subscriptions to current studio art, art history, and art criticism journals, over 1,500 books, DVD’s and other electronic resources. It also houses some 800 archival photographs and glass plates, a comprehensive collection of over 50,000 art history slides, and the School of Art archives. The Millikan Center is located in a suite in the historic Fine Arts building (rooms 304-305) that includes an elegant public reading room, a staff work room and slide library, and faculty offices. Using the Center
The Millikan Center is managed by the school’s Art History and Criticism Division and operated by work study students. It keeps regular weekly hours and is closed for all University holidays. Current hours are posted at the entrance and on-line at the school’s webpage. and students and faculty with a Griz card may check out materials whenever the center is open. Books, journals, slides, and electronic media may be checked out for one week by undergraduate students and community members, two weeks by graduate students, and 1 year by faculty. New journals are for in-house use only and archival materials do not circulate. Clients are held responsible for the replacement of materials not returned by the due date. The center does not lend audio/visual equipment (for equipment scheduling, please contact Information Technology Services at 243-4357). University classes and community groups are welcome to schedule meetings in the reading room of the center. The Millikan Center has a cooperative relationship with the Mike and Maureen Mansfield Library at the University of Montana to share resources and provide student access to art databases and other art-related materials. For questions, please contact the Millikan Center at [email protected] or speak with one of our student assistants.
