Major Collections
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, Ohio
The Cleveland Museum of Art has been a longtime supporter of Masumi Hayashi's work, with multiple acquisitions throughout her career including major works from the Japanese American internment camp series. In 2024, the museum made a significant posthumous acquisition, expanding their representation of Hayashi's panoramic photo collages.
Curator: Barbara Tannenbaum (Photography)
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, California
JANM featured a major retrospective exhibition of Hayashi's work in 2003 and holds significant works from her internment camp series in their permanent collection. The museum continues to circulate her work in traveling exhibitions.
Exhibition: "Sights Unseen" (May–September 2003)
Collections by Region
5 Ohio
Akron Art Museum
Akron
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland
Cleveland State University
Cleveland
Columbus Museum of Art
Columbus
2 East Coast
George Eastman Museum
Rochester, New York
Princeton University Art Museum
Princeton, New Jersey
3 Southern United States
Mint Museum
Charlotte, North Carolina
Museum of Fine Arts
St. Petersburg, Florida
Southeast Museum of Photography
Daytona Beach, Florida
4 West Coast
Japanese American National Museum
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
Los Angeles, California
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, California
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
Santa Barbara, California
1 Texas
Harry Ransom Center
University of Texas, Austin
International Collections
Canada
Sheridan College
Oakville, Ontario
United Kingdom
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, England
Germany
Ludwig Museum im Deutschherrenhaus
Koblenz
Global Reach
From Cleveland to London, Dr. Hayashi's panoramic photo collages are preserved in major institutions across North America, Europe, and beyond.
Sources: Tannenbaum, Barbara. Masumi Hayashi: Panoramic Photo Collages 1976-2006. Santa Fe: Radius Books, 2006. Cleveland Museum of Art acquisition records. This list reflects public collections as documented through 2024. Additional acquisitions may have occurred.