An encyclopedic museum is a place where a wide variety of objects from different cultures, time periods, and disciplines are displayed and studied. It aims to encompass and showcase diverse knowledge and information. Full definition
Still, the DIA's African - American program has been stuck in neutral — despite the advantages of housing the General Motors Center for African American Art, a curator devoted to the discipline and being the only encyclopedic museum in America to have permanent collection galleries devoted to African - American art. (mnuchingallery.com)
She has created a dynamic and widely renowned contemporary art program that has become an influential model for encyclopedic museums as they engage the art of our time. (newamericanpaintings.wordpress.com)
The Brooklyn Museum may be the only encyclopedic museum in the world with a center dedicated to feminist art, but it comes with a caveat: each show it presents must connect thematically to Judy Chicago's ceramic behemoth, The Dinner Party (1974 - 79), which is a permanent fixture. (garthgreenan.com)