Local Highlights
University of Notre Dame
The Notre Dame campus attracts thousands of visitors who delight in a landscape of fresh colors for every season; ivy-covered walls, classic collegiate Gothic buildings, and some of the world’s most recognized campus landmarks – the Golden Dome, Touchdown Jesus, the Grotto, and others. It is a campus and a university filled with both beauty and spirit.
Raclin Murphy Museum of Art
Classic but contemporary, the Robert A.M. Stern-designed facility features 23 galleries and numerous site-specific commissions by internationally renowned artists such as Jenny Holzer, Maya Lin, Mimmo Paladino, Jaume Plensa, and Kiki Smith. In addition to presenting the storied permanent collection and dynamic temporary exhibitions, the Museum features the Mary Queen of Families Chapel, a sacred space for contemplation and Masses, offering a unique curatorial opportunity to consider important works from the collection.
The galleries integrate painting, sculpture, decorative arts, works on paper, and textiles. A multi-story Sculpture Court is an integral feature of the building, with natural light that creates a luminous and spacious area for displaying sculpture. The Teaching Gallery, Learning Commons, and Object Study Room celebrate the vital educational mission of the Museum and nestled in the central atrium, the cafe and bookshop provide a complete visitor experience.
DeBartolo Performing Arts Center
Since opening in September 2004, the University of Notre Dame’s DeBartolo Performing Arts Center has become an integral part of the University’s vision and commitment to becoming a preeminent research university. It is the University’s leading presenter of world-class artistic programming, having commissioned over 40 new works in every conceivable genre.
As an academic space, the center enhances the scholarship, teaching, and practice of the performing and cinematic arts. As a community space, the center welcomes more than 100,000 patrons annually, including hundreds of K–12 students in education and related artistic programs. Guided by goals aligned with Notre Dame’s strategic plan, the center is where scholars, students, and community residents are building a home for the arts together.
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Eddy Street Commons
Opened in the summer of 2009 immediately south of Notre Dame’s southern boundary, Eddy Street Commons is a new urbanist, mixed-use development that creates for the first time a “college town” adjacent to the campus. The development includes 90,000 square feet of retail space for restaurants, shops, a bank, a bookstore, and other businesses; 82,000 square feet of office space, some of which has been leased by the University; and apartment, townhome, and row house residential units.