Museums

We provide an exposure to art, history and culture from our Region and beyond to over 100,000 visitors annually, including thousands of students. We preserve collections of more than one million artifacts and archival materials, including a comprehensive collection of art, historical objects, and textiles from this region, a significant research archive, and the largest known collection of Plateau Indian art and artifacts. 

The Museum provides space for traveling exhibitions and houses Gonzaga University's growing art collection. The collection includes prints from the Bolker, Baruch, and Jacobs Collections, gifts of Norman and Esther Bolker, Anne Baruch, and Jack and Kitty Jacobs, respectively; major pieces of glass art by Dale Chihuly, gifts of Jim and Joann Jundt and Duff and Dorothy Kennedy; bronze sculptures by Auguste Rodin, gifts of the Iris and B. Gerald Cantor Foundation and Collections; works on paper purchased thanks to support from the Sahlin Foundation and the Fredrick & Genevieve Schlatter Print Fund, and paintings, ceramics, photographs and tapestries.  

Mobius sparks curiosity and ignites imaginations of all ages through exploration and play, hands-on exhibits, and STEAM learning experiences. Mobius Discovery Center provides a unique continuum of experiential learning that cultivates critical thinking and problem-solving abilities – foundational skills that create lifelong learners. We offer field trips, educational workshops, outreach experiences, birthday parties, camps, classes, and afterhours adult events. 

Gonzaga University houses a large collection of material relating to 20th Century singer and actor Harry Lillis (Bing) Crosby, a native of Spokane and alumnus of Gonzaga. Now part of Gonzaga, Crosby's childhood home was built in 1911 and still stands at its original location. The main floor houses over 200 Crosby items including gold records, trophies, awards, and his Oscar for Going My Way (1944). What is not on display is stored in the University Archives and Special Collections’ vault in the Foley Center Library.