Museums - Orlando Museum of Art

The collection of the Orlando Museum of Art has been built on generous donations and several purchases. A major donation by Howard Campbell in the late 1970s was the start of the African and Ancient Americas collections. Recent significant gifts include about 300 significant pieces of ancient Peruvian artwork from Dr. and Mrs. Solomon D. Klotz and 142 South African pieces from Norma Canelas and William D. Roth. Other donors include James F. Turner, Howard Phillips, and Dr. and Mrs. Glen Murphy. The OMA’s Friends of Art of the Ancient Americas Collecting Circle group was formed to purchase artwork for the Ancient Americas collection, and have added seven pieces over the last three years. The museum has more than 2,000 African and pre-Columbian pieces in the permanent collections, about one-quarter of which is on view. The rest is accessible to researchers by appointment.