About
Permanent Collection
The Louisiana Art & Science Museum houses a growing permanent collection featuring 4,000 artworks and artifacts.
The Louisiana Art & Science Museum houses a growing permanent collection featuring 4,000 artworks and artifacts. Changing displays of selected objects from the permanent collection are often on view in two small galleries designated for this purpose—the Soupçon and Colonnade Galleries—one located on each floor of the Museum. While only a fraction of the permanent collection is on display at any one time, sculptures by Croatian artist Ivan Meštrović are on display year-round in the Bert S. Turner Family Atrium. Also on view in the Ancient Egypt Gallery is one of the Museum’s most popular attractions, a mummy c. 300 BC resting inside a reconstructed Ptolemaic era tomb. For more information on what is currently on view in the galleries, please visit our Changing Exhibitions or Permanent Exhibitions.
Current Collections
Digital Catalog
LASM’s Digital Catalog allows the community to view the museum’s most recent catalog, published in 2021, which highlights the work of artists present in our permanent collection.
Sixty Years of Collecting at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum explores the stories of artists who were born in Louisiana, who visited it, or who adopted it as their home. Whether they were residents for a brief time or were captured by Louisiana and all it offered, each artist made an impact on the cultural and artistic history of the state.
