The Nevada Museum of Art, is an art museum in Reno, Nevada. Located at 160 West Liberty Street in Reno, it is the only American Alliance of Museums (AAM) accredited art museum in the state of Nevada. The museum has chosen a thematic approach, placing a special emphasis on human interaction with the land and the protection of nature in its collections and exhibitions. In 2003, the Museum moved into a new building designed by architect Will Bruder. Permanent Collections The Museum's Permanent Collection, which consists of more than 2,000 works of 19th through 21st-century art, is divided into four focus areas unified by an overarching focus on natural, built and virtual environments. This thematic, rather than historical or stylistic specialization is a natural outgrowth of the institution's collecting practices over the years and offers varied perspectives on the ways in which humans interact with the environments. "As curator of exhibitions and collections," Ann Wolfe explains, “the images suggest that the earth's surface offers an irrefutable record of some of civilization's most impressive endeavors – as well as its worst failures.” Contemporary Collection The Museum's rapidly expanding Contemporary Collection is devoted to work by national and international artists. Paintings, works on paper, photography, sculpture, digital media, and mixed media installations created by living artists shed new light on contemporary society. Their curators seek out works that reflect the institutional commitment to artists’ creative interactions with natural, built, and virtual environments. Notable artists in their expanding collection include Tim Hawkinson, Andrea Zittel, Petah Coyne, and Lordy Rodriguez. The Altered Landscape: Carol Franc Buck Collection This is the museum's largest focus collection and features contemporary landscape photographs. Since its establishment in the early 1990s, the collection has aimed to address and engage issues related to land use and the changing landscape. While the collection represents a diversity of artists, techniques, visual styles, subjects, and ideological positions, it is unified by two basic principles: A concern for inspiring dialogue about the impact of human activity on natural environments An effort to depart from idealized notions of scenic beauty and pristine wilderness that were dominant in the early 20th century. In 1998, an endowment for Altered Landscape acquisitions was established through the generosity of the Carol Franc Buck Foundation. In 2011, a major book on the collection was co-published by the Nevada Museum of Art and Skira Rizzoli; it received the Frances Smyth Ravenal