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Added to the Krannert Art Museum in 1988, the Kinkead Pavilion provides a grand entrance to the second-largest fine arts museum in Illinois. Located on Peabody Drive on the University of Illinois campus, the museum covers 48,000 square feet of space and is devoted to all periods of art, from ancient Egyptian to contemporary photography. Its collection of more than 9,000 objects includes specializations in 20th century art, Asian art, and pre-Columbian art, particularly works from the Andes. In addition to permanent exhibitions, the museum often features 12 to 15 challenging exhibitions each year from traveling national and international museum collections as well as exhibitions of professional artists, faculty, and student work. The museum has over 132,000 visitors annually and supports scholarship through its Giertz Education Center. Major collections of the museum include the Trees Collection of European and American Painting, the Moore Collection of European and American Decorative Arts, and the Olsen Collection of pre-Columbian Art. The Museum is a unit within the University of Illinois College of Fine and Applied Arts. Take a UI photo tour.