Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA)

A: Flinders University, Sturt Road, Tarntanya/Bedford Park, SA Australia

P: +61 8 8201 2695

E: museum@flinders.edu.au

W: flinders.edu.au/museum-of-art

Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA) is custodian of one of the largest public art collections in South Australia. It spans the 15th to 21st centuries and comprises over 8000 Australian and international works. Collection highlights include nationally significant holdings of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander art, conceptual art projects by North American, European and Australian artists, and a vast archive of Australian political prints and posters.

Located at the University’s main campus at Bedford Park, 12 kilometres south of Adelaide’s central business district, FUMA houses the collections that were first initiated for education purposes in 1966. A purpose-built gallery was more recently opened in 2019 reflecting the University’s ongoing commitment to the visual arts.

FUMA serves its immediate and wider community as an academic resource and dynamic site of cultural and intellectual exchange. Programs draw on the collections, feature emerging and established Australian practitioners and privilege the voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander artists and curators.

FACILITIES

  • Cafe
  • Free guided tours
  • Onsite parking
  • Wheelchair access
  • Workshops and classes

Featured image: Sovereign sisters, domestic work, 2022, installation view. Photo: Brenton Edwards. Courtesy: Flinders University Museum of Art, Bedford Park.

FEATURED STORIES AND EXHIBITIONS

Group Exhibition: mane djang karirra, the place where the dreaming changed shape

Flinders University Museum of Art presents a group exhibition with Maningrida Arts and Culture, in association with Tarnanthi Festival 2023.

Group Exhibition: New Acquisitions / New Perspectives

Flinders University Museum of Art (FUMA) presents a group exhibition featuring works acquired 2018 – 2023.

Franck Gohier and Therese Ritchie: Some Like it Hot

Flinders University Museum of Art presents work by Franck Gohier and Therese Ritchie.

Hayley Millar Baker: There we were all in one place

Flinders University Museum of Art presents There we were all in once place, an early career survey of Hayley Millar Baker.

The Guildhouse Collections Project: After the Fall

Flinders University Museum of Art presents works by Elyas Alavi, Kate O’Boyle and Louise Haselton.