The Blanton Museum of Art at The University of Texas at Austin is one of the foremost university art museums in the country, and has the largest and most comprehensive collection of art in Central Texas. The Blanton's collection comprises over 17,000 works of art in a variety of mediums, with particular depth in Western European art from the fourteenth through twentieth centuries and modern and contemporary art of the Americas. The Blanton is considered one of the university's many gems along with The Harry Ransom Center, the Briscoe Center for American History, The University of Texas Press, UT Libraries, and the Michener Center for Writers. Visit the UT Gems website for more information on collaborative programming at each of these institutions.