Marshall M Fredericks Sculpture Museum

Specialties

The mission of the Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum is to celebrate the artistic legacy of Marshall M. Fredericks through collecting, preserving, presenting, and interpreting his life’s work; to foster the appreciation of artistic expression of Marshall Fredericks and other artists for the educational and cultural enrichment of the community; and in so doing support the mission of Saginaw Valley State University.

History

Established in 1988.

The gallery opened to the public in the Arbury Fine Arts Center in May 1988. About half of the $ 7.2 million of private money raised for the building went to design and construction, restoration, transportation and installation. Fredericks oversaw installation of the more than 200 mostly plaster models in the permanent exhibit gallery.

Through the years, private donors have made it possible for some of the bronze casts to be made for the Sculpture Garden. Fredericks gave the balance of the collection in 1994. After his death in 1998, the gallery received his remaining tools, equipment, archives, architectural site models, and sculptures. With the growth of the collection, the Board of Advisors elevated the gallery to museum status in 1999. In 2003, the $ 2.5 million Phase II expansion became a reality, nearly doubling the museum’s size. The addition includes the Sculptor’s Studio, a classroom, archives vault, research reading room, two temporary exhibition galleries and gift shop.