Art Museum of Western Virginia

Art Museum of Western Virginia

Infobox Museum
name = Art Museum of Western Virginia


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established = 1951
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location = Roanoke, Virginia, USA
type = Art museum
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publictransit = Valley Metro bus & [http://www.smartwaybus.com SmartWay bus] to Downtown Roanoke
website = http://www.artmuseumroanoke.org

The Art Museum of Western Virginia is an art museum located in Downtown Roanoke, Virginia, U.S.A..

Location

The Museum is currently located in Roanoke's Center in the Square, but will move in 2008 to a new $66-million, 81,000 square foot building designed by Los Angeles architect Randall Stout. [citation | last=Podger | first=Pamela J. | title=With Bold Museum, a Virginia City Aims for Visibility | newspaper=New York Times | year=2007 | date=2007-12-29 | url=http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/29/us/29roanoke.html ] The new museum will be named the Taubman Museum of Art, in honor of Ambassador and Mrs. Taubman, who have been its largest donors. [citation | last=Kittredge | first=Kevin | title=New art museum to carry Taubman name | newspaper=The Roanoke Times | year=2008 | date=2008-02-07 | url=http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/149859 | accessdate=2008-02-07 ]

Collection and exhibits

The Museum's permanent collection focuses on American art, with an emphasis on the artistic expressions of the Western Virginia and the Appalachian region. The collection includes works from Thomas Eakins, Winslow Homer and Childe Hassam.citation | last=Stoilas | first=Helen | title=Roanoke—the next Bilbao? | newspaper=The Art Newspaper | year=2008 | date=2008-02-14 | url=http://www.theartnewspaper.com/article.asp?id=7489 | accessdate=2008-03-10 ]

History

The Art Museum of Western Virginia began in 1947 as an offshoot of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, with an exhibition in the Hotel Roanoke. In 1951 this "Roanoke Fine Arts Center" was incorporated as an independent organization. Renamed in 1980 as "Roanoke Museum of Fine Arts", the museum moved to downtown Roanoke's Center in the Square in 1983. In 1992, the Museum was renamed as the "Art Museum of Western Virginia".citation | title=History Chronology | publisher=Art Museum of Western Virginia | url=http://www.artmuseumroanoke.org/index.php?do=about:history | accessdate=2008-03-10 ]

External links

* [http://www.artmuseumroanoke.org Art Museum of Western Virginia official site]
* [http://www.centerinthesquare.org/ Center in the Square]

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