The Art Museum of Southeast Texas continues its 75th Anniversary celebration with A Legacy of Collecting: Art Museum of Southeast Texas, the second exhibition in a two-part series exploring the museum’s history through its permanent collection.

Spanning 1987 to the present, the exhibition brings together selected artworks, archival photographs, and stories from the artists, supporters, museum professionals, and community members who have helped shape AMSET over the past four decades.

The exhibition opens with a recap gallery, where visitors can revisit the museum’s first 37 years and view a video tour of A Legacy of Collecting: Beaumont Art Museum, the first exhibition in the series. From there, the galleries unfold chronologically by decade, highlighting the acquisitions, exhibitions, gifts, artists, and institutional milestones that have defined AMSET since its move to downtown Beaumont and its transition from the Beaumont Art Museum to the Art Museum of Southeast Texas in 1987.

Together, the two exhibitions celebrate 75 years of collecting, exhibiting, and preserving art while honoring the people and community behind AMSET’s enduring legacy.