Free-admission museum in Terre Haute collecting and exhibiting American art from the 19th century to the present.
The Sheldon Swope Art Museum is a free-admission museum in Terre Haute, Indiana, dedicated to collecting, preserving, and sharing American art with a diverse audience. Its permanent collection comprises nearly 2,500 works spanning paintings, sculptures, and works on paper from the 19th century to the present. The museum presents changing exhibitions drawn from its collection, including American Scene Painting, early 20th-century modernism, Indiana art, and Post-World War II figurative and abstract art. It also hosts annual juried exhibitions such as the long-running Wabash Valley Exhibition, welcoming artists from across the Midwest.