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The galleries are closed for the summer, but the Chazen Café is open weekdays throughout the summer. Enjoy a Café beverage and snack in the lobby or browse the items on offer in the Café.

Museum staff have been working for the past few years to reimagine how the collection artwork is presented in the galleries. With galleries closed for the summer, staff are reinstalling about 1,500 paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings, ceramics, glass, and other works of art in freshly painted and redesigned spaces—including galleries in the Elvehjem building, which has been closed for renovation.

The entire museum—both buildings—will reopen in the fall.

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The Chazen Café is located just inside the entrance to the museum at 750 University Avenue. Operated by the Wisconsin Union, the café offers a wide selection of hot and cold drinks, snacks, and lunch items.

In addition you’ll find a unique selection of retail items and gifts, many based on the museum’s permanent collection and traveling exhibits. All proceeds from retail items directly support the museum.

We invite visitors of all backgrounds to step into a place of beauty, respite, inspiration and learning. Although the galleries are closed for the summer, the Chazen Café and the Mead Witter lobby remain open.