The museum was formed after the collections of businessman John Werner Kluge and academic, the late Professor Edward L. Ruhe, of the University of Kansas, were amalgamated. The collection comprises approximately 1700 objects including bark paintings,acrylic on canvas paintings, sculpture, and artifacts. The director and curator of the Kluge-Ruhe Collection is anthropologist Margo Smith.

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kluge-Ruhe Aboriginal Art Collection