Marquette University

Marquette University is a private, coeducational, Jesuit, Roman Catholic university in the United States. Founded by the Society of Jesus in 1881, it is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities. Accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools, Marquette University is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It currently has a student body of 11,000. The two largest colleges are devoted to engineering and life sciences.

Campus

Marquette is located on an 80-acre (320,000 m²) campus in Milwaukee. The center of campus is the Alumni Memorial Union, the student union. The five-story, brick building was completed in 1990, and features a ballroom for 800 guests, numerous offices for student organizations, a coffee shop and the campus gift shop. The John P. Raynor, S.J. Library, completed in 2003, contains many of J. R. R. Tolkien's original manuscripts, and serves as one of the main study areas on campus. In addition to the Raynor Library, Marquette also features a law library associated with its law school, and the university's longstanding library, Memorial Library. Gesu Church, completed in 1894, is considered the spiritual center of the campus, although it is not technically affiliated with the university. St. Joan of Arc Chapel, the oldest building in the Western Hemisphere still used for its original purpose, is also located at Marquette (although it originated in France and was relocated to the U.S.).

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1990 - J. R. R. Tolkien's - Gesu Church - St. Joan of Arc Chapel

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The well-renowned Haggerty Museum of Art is also an important and impressive fixture at the university. The museum now features more than 8,000 works from the old masters to contemporary art works from such artists as Salvador Dali, Marc Chagall, Keith Haring and Roberto Matta.

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Haggerty Museum of Art - Contemporary art - Salvador Dali - Marc Chagall - Keith Haring - Roberto Matta

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