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	Humanities Building and Elvehjem Art Center
	U.S. Historic district; Contributing property
Location	750 University Avenue, Madison, Wisconsin
Coordinates	43°4′26″N 89°23′59″W / 43.07389°N 89.39972°W
Built	1969
Architect	Elvehjem Building: Harry Weese, 1970; Chazen Building: Machado Silvetti 2011
Part of	Bascom Hill Historic District (ID74000065)
Designated CP	September 12, 1974

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The Chazen Museum of Art is an art museum accredited by the American Alliance of Museums located at the University of Wisconsin–Madison in Madison, Wisconsin.

Until 2005 the Museum was known as the Elvehjem Museum of Art, in honor of Conrad Elvehjem, an internationally known biochemist in nutrition.

In May 2005 the Museum was renamed the Chazen Museum of Art after a $20 million donation from Simona and Jerome A. Chazen, the latter a founder of Liz Claiborne and a UW–Madison alumnus, towards an expansion of the museum. The building housing the museum retains the Elvehjem name.

The mission of the museum is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit works of art and present related educational programs in support of the teaching, research, and public service mission of the university.

European artists represented in the museum include Joan Miró, Auguste Rodin, Salvador Dali, Barnaba da Modena, Raoul Dufy, Andrea Vanni, Giorgio Vasari, Hubert Robert, Thomas Gainsborough, Benjamin Williams Leader, Eugène Boudin, Maximilien Luce, and glass art by René Lalique. The museum's collection of American artists includes Mark Rothko and many of Alexander Calder's works in several forms. Contemporary works by Shusaku Arakawa, a collection of regionalist paintings by John Steuart Curry, Russian Social Realist paintings by Georgy Ionin and Klavdy Vasiliyevich Lebedev, and a representation of Japanese woodblock prints are also exhibited.

Chamber concerts known as Sunday Afternoon from the Chazen (formerly Live at the Elvehjem) have been broadcast from the museum by Wisconsin Public Radio for decades.

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 The mission of the museum is to collect, preserve, interpret, and exhibit works of art and present related educational programs in support of the teaching, research, and public service mission of the university.
-European artists represented in the museum include [[Joan Miró]], [[Auguste Rodin]], [[Salvador Dali]], [[Barnaba da Modena]], [[Raoul Dufy]], [[Andrea Vanni]], [[Giorgio Vasari]], [[Hubert Robert]], [[Thomas Gainsborough]], [[Benjamin Williams Leader]], [[Eugène Boudin]], and [[Maximilien Luce]]. The museum's collection of American artists includes [[Mark Rothko]] and many of [[Alexander Calder]]'s works in several forms. Contemporary works by [[Shusaku Arakawa]], a collection of regionalist paintings by [[John Steuart Curry]], Russian Social Realist paintings by [[Georgy Ionin]] and [[Klavdy Vasiliyevich Lebedev]], and a representation of [[Woodblock printing in Japan|Japanese woodblock prints]] are also exhibited.
+European artists represented in the museum include [[Joan Miró]], [[Auguste Rodin]], [[Salvador Dali]], [[Barnaba da Modena]], [[Raoul Dufy]], [[Andrea Vanni]], [[Giorgio Vasari]], [[Hubert Robert]], [[Thomas Gainsborough]], [[Benjamin Williams Leader]], [[Eugène Boudin]], [[Maximilien Luce]], and glass art by [[René Lalique]]. The museum's collection of American artists includes [[Mark Rothko]] and many of [[Alexander Calder]]'s works in several forms. Contemporary works by [[Shusaku Arakawa]], a collection of regionalist paintings by [[John Steuart Curry]], Russian Social Realist paintings by [[Georgy Ionin]] and [[Klavdy Vasiliyevich Lebedev]], and a representation of [[Woodblock printing in Japan|Japanese woodblock prints]] are also exhibited.
 Chamber concerts known as ''Sunday Afternoon from the Chazen'' (formerly ''Live at the Elvehjem'') have been broadcast from the museum by [[Wisconsin Public Radio]] for decades.