The Lowe Art Museum features pieces of art from Asia, Africa, Europe and the Americas;

The permanent collections are Art of Africa, Art of the Ancient Americas, Art of the Ancient Mediterranean, Art of Asia, Art of the Caribbean, Art of Central and South America, Art of Egypt and the Near East, Art of Europe, Art of the Native Americas, Art of North America and Art of the Pacific Islands.

The museum has an extensive collection of art with permanent collections in Greco-Roman antiquities, Renaissance, Baroque, 17th- and 19th-century European art, 19th-century American art, modern art.