The work of internationally renowned architect Philip Johnson is the subject of a free symposium from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. Tuesday (Sept. 17) at UNL’s Sheldon Museum of Art.

The symposium is held in conjunction with the 50th anniversary of Sheldon’s landmark Philip Johnson-designed building and the exhibition “Look for Beauty: Philip Johnson and Art Museum Design.”

The program participants are Irene Shum Allen, curator and collections manager, The Glass House, New Canaan, CT; Mary Murray, curator of modern and contemporary art, Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute, Utica, NY; Norman Geske, director emeritus, Sheldon Museum of Art; Horst Hahn, former member of Philip Johnson’s architectural firm; and Jorge Daniel Veneciano, director of the Sheldon Museum of Art, who will serve as moderator.

Following the presentations, there will be a reception in Sheldon’s Great Hall. Both the symposium and reception are free and open to the general public.

Sheldon Museum of Art houses a permanent collection of more than 12,000 objects focusing on transnational American art. Sheldon is open free to the public during regular hours: Tuesday, 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.; Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. The museum is closed on Monday. For more information, visit http://www.sheldonartmuseum.org.