The museum's collection includes more than 3,000 objects, with strong holdings by Chicago and regional artists, strengths in North American and Latin American photography, WPA-era prints, contemporary and traditional West African objects, and Eastern European graphic arts.
Housed in a 15,000 square-foot building, four to six temporary exhibitions per year range from historical works to work by contemporary artists. Recent presentations include paintings, sculpture, printmaking and installation art, early twentieth-century photographs, and old master prints by such artists as Dürer, Cranach, Rembrandt and Goya.