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Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum in Kansas, United States.

About Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art

The Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art is an art museum that is part of Johnson County Community College in Overland Park, Kansas.

The Nerman Museum is named for donors Jerry and Margaret Nerman. It opened in October 2007, succeeding the college's former Gallery of Art. The building was designed by Korean architect Kyu Sung Woo.

Construction of the approximately $15 million Nerman Museum was realized through Johnson County Community College funding, with support from the Nerman Family, the M.R. & Evelyn Hudson Foundation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, Marti & Tony Oppenheimer, Richard I. & Jeanne S. Galamba, Barton P. & Mary D. Cohen, Dean E. Thompson, Irma Starr, Carl & Lee McCaffree, Jim & Mary Tearney, and Joseph & Margery Lichtor.

The museum building is clad in Kansas limestone.

Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art by the numbers

Founded
2007

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  • Barton P. Cohen and Mary D. Cohen Gallery, Second Floor Amy Kligman: The Salon for Possible Futures

    28 Mar 2025 – 22 Dec 2026

  • The Richard I. and Jeanne S. Galamba Lobby, First Floor Julie Buffalohead: Stories of Becoming

    6 Feb 2026 – 26 Jul 2026

  • Betsabeé Romero: A Field with Roots (Un campo con raíces)

    30 Apr 2026 – 6 Dec 2026

Artworks shown from Nerman Museum of Contemporary Art are in the public domain; images via the open-access programs of their source collections. Spotted an error in this record? Tell us.