The Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art is a public museum in Lafayette, Indiana, housing the largest collection of Indiana art anywhere in the world. The museum is located in the Potter-Haan Mansion at 920 E State Street. The museum's collection includes over 100 paintings by Hoosier Group, Indiana Regionalism artists as well as ceramics, antique furniture and decorative items. The museum is a member of American Alliance of Museums. The museum is based on the private collection of Robert (Bob) and Ellen (Ellie) Haan, the founders and former owners of Haan Crafts Corporation. History The Haans bought the mansion in 1984 and started collecting Indiana art in 1992. The formation of the Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art was announced in September 2013 when it also opened for monthly public tours. Bob and Ellie Haan signed over the building to the Haan Mansion Museum of Indiana Art in July 2015. Architecture The Potter-Haan mansion is a Colonial Revival building designed by the architect Edward T. Hapgood. The mansion was built in 1904 by Wales Lines Co of Meriden, CT for $30,000 and used as the Connecticut Building at the St. Louis World's Fair, and moved to Lafayette, Indiana, at the end of the fair. The front door and entry way as well as interior architectural features were taken from the 1760 Hubbard Slater Mansion and incorporated in the design of the Connecticut Building. Columns and pilasters with ionic capitals are features in the Great Hall, and two of the most outstanding architectural features of the mansion are the open well with a 26 light brass and crystal chandelier in the opening and a double staircase leading to the second floor. Collections The museum has the largest collection of Hoosier Group paintings anywhere in the world. This includes works by all five of the group's members TC Steele, Richard Gruelle, William Forsyth, J. Ottis Adams and Otto Stark. Two still lifes by William Merritt Chase are part of the collection. Many artists from Brown County Art Colony are represented in Haans' collection, including Ada Walter Shulz. Exhibitions Over 60 paintings by Indiana's most important historic artists are on permanent display at all times, as well as works by Indiana's most important historic and contemporary ceramic artists. The mansion is furnished in important large scale American antiques focusing on the period 1860 to 1890. A superior grade Wooton desk and massive