Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art
| Established | 2013 |
|---|---|
| Location | 920 E. State Street, Lafayette, Indiana, US, 47905 (765) 742-6449 |
| Coordinates | 40°24′46″N 86°53′06″W / 40.4128°N 86.8851°WCoordinates: 40°24′46″N 86°53′06″W / 40.4128°N 86.8851°W |
| Type | Art museum |
| Website | Official website |
The Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art is a public museum in Lafayette, Indiana housing the largest collection of Indiana art anywhere in the world. The museum is located in Potter-Haan Mansion at 920 E State Street. The museum's collection includes over 100 paintings by Hoosier Group, Indiana Regionalism artists as well as ceramics, antique furniture and decorative items. The museum is a member of American Alliance of Museums.
The museum is based on the private collection of Robert (Bob) and Ellen (Ellie) Haan, the founders and former owners of Haan Crafts Corporation.
The Haans bought the mansion in 1984 and started collecting Indiana art in 1992. The formation of Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art was announced in September 2013 when it also opened for monthly public tours. Bob and Ellie Haan have signed over the building to Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art in July 2015.
The Potter-Haan mansion is a Colonial Revival building designed by the architect Edward T. Hapgood. The mansion was built in 1904 and used as the Connecticut State Pavilion at St. Louis World's Fair.
The museum has the largest collection of Hoosier Group paintings anywhere in the world. This includes works by all five of the group's members TC Steele, Richard Gruelle, William Forsyth, J. Ottis Adams and Otto Stark. Two still lifes by William Merritt Chase are part of the collection.
Many artists from Brown County Art Colony are represented in Haans' collection including Ada Walter Shulz.
In summer of 2011 Indiana State Museum hosted "Indiana Realities" exhibition, a major show of Indiana paintings from the 1930s and 40s based solely on the works from Haans' collection.
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