Works housed in this Collection range in scope and purpose.
There are works created by students from courses taught in the department as well as items that are useful for demonstration or other educational purposes.
Additionally, there are works that were Collected from visiting/exhibiting artists.
Finally, there are some works such as poster prints that were once used to teach art history prior to a time when digital images were widely available for viewing. Today, many of these posters are revered as artifacts and excellent works in their own right.

Housed in this archive are the works that comprise Dordt University's Permanent Collection.
This digital archive began development in the Spring semester of 2023.
Works of the Collection have been procured through: donation, purchase acquisition, and commission.

The Art Committee and the Curator is responsible to oversee the care and duties surrounding the permanent collection.