Fenimore Art Museum

The Fenimore Art Museum is a museum located in Cooperstown, New York, USA, operating under the auspices of the New York State Historical Association. It presents changing and permanent exhibitions of American Folk Art, North American Indian Art, Hudson River School and 19th-century genre paintings, and American photography.

The Museum was moved to its present location — Cooperstown, New York overlooking Lake Otsego — in 1939 due to a gift from Stephen C. Clark. Much of the American Fine Art Collection was donated by Clark, a generous art connoisseur.

The Folk Art collection is one of the nation's largest, best representing artists from the Northeast of the United States, such as Janet Munro.

The American Indian Art Collection contains many artistic objects from American Indian cultures before and after the substantial influx of Europeans to the North American continent. This collection is a gift of Eugene and Clare Thaw, who decided that the collection was not receiving the attention it deserved in its previous location of Cherry Valley, New York, and felt that Cooperstown provided a greater opportunity for viewing.

The Fenimore Art Museum is closely associated with the Farmer's Museum, also in Cooperstown.

External links

* [http://www.fenimoreartmuseum.org/ Fenimore Art Museum]
* [http://www.nysha.org/about/index.htm New York State Historical Association]