Alexandria Museum of Art [SEP] date of official opening
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Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts


, choosing a date that coincided with the second celebration of July Revolution. On July 26, 1955, the Egyptian president Gamal Abd El-Nasser opened the initial session of the Mediterranean Countries Biennale. Founded by the general manager of Alexandria municipality Hussein Sobhy, it is the second oldest Biennale worldwide that has been held in the museum till date. In January 2013, the museum reopened after its renovation, including adding a workshop and artists' hosting building, Calligraphy Museum, posterior garden, as well as a hall for temporary
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Alexandria, Louisiana


of the Red River. The building was built c. 1898 and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The museum opened to the public in March 1998. In 1998, the Alexandria Museum of Art expanded and constructed its grand foyer and offices as an annex to the Rapides Bank Building. In 1999, the Alexandria Museum of Art was honored as an Outstanding Arts Organization in the Louisiana Governor's Arts Awards. In 2007, the Alexandria Museum of Art entered into a collaborative endeavor agreement with Louisiana State University of Alexandria
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Mark A Tullos Jr.


the Walter Anderson Museum of Art and oversaw the construction and opening of the museum which opened in 1992. The Alexandria Museum of Art hired Tullos to oversee the capital campaign and expansion of the Alexandria Museum of Art. The seven million dollar addition and renovated historic Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building opened in 1998. In 2016, Tullos moved to Meridian, Mississippi to lead in the negotiation of state bond issues related to funding the creation of the Mississippi Arts and Entertainment Experience. The 50,000 sq. ft. museum opened in April
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Mark A Tullos Jr.


posts at the Armory Art Center, West Palm Beach, Florida; the Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana; Walter Anderson Museum of Art, Ocean Springs, Mississippi and the Museum of East Texas, Lufkin. In 1995, he was the recipient of the Nancy Hanks Memorial Award for Professional Excellence given by the American Alliance of Museums, Washington, DC. In 1986, Tullos initiated a 1.2 million dollar campaign to expand the Museum of East Texas. The Museum opened in 1989. Tullos was the founding director of
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Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts


the exhibition of artworks. The building was destroyed in the Second World War and the municipality had to store the artworks in another location until another museum had been established. In 1952, Egyptian architect Foad Abd Elmageed was assigned by the general manager of Alexandria's municipality Hussein Sobhy to design the Museum of Fine Arts. It was built in a modernistic style and included several gallery spaces, a library, and a cultural centre for holding concerts, seminars, and film screenings. In 1954, the Revolutionary Command Council opened the museum
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Alexandria Museum of Art


The Alexandria Museum of Art (AMoA) of Alexandria, central Louisiana, United States opened its doors in 1977 in the historic Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building (circa 1898). Rapides Bank and Trust Company Building is a historic bank building completed in 1898 in the Renaissance Revival style, and was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 15, 1980. In 1998, AMoA expanded and constructed its grand foyer and offices as an annex to the Rapides Bank Building. In 1999, AMoA was honored as an
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Alexandria, Louisiana


a new-state-of-the-art passenger terminal was dedicated. Alexandria is served by American, United, and Delta. Formerly known as England AFB until 1992, Alexandria International Airport additionally has numerous international charter airlines use the airport in the transport of military personnel attached to the United States Army base at Fort Polk. A new military personnel terminal opened in 2007. Downtown Alexandria, including the Alexandria Cultural Arts District, is currently in the process of revitalization. It is home to five museums, three performance venues
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Neues Museum Nürnberg


Neues Museum Nürnberg (NMN) is a museum for modern and contemporary art and design in Nuremberg, Germany. In 1990 the Bavarian government decided to build a 20th century museum. The building in which the museum is located was designed by the architect Volker Staab. Construction started on 11. September 1996 and ended in October 1999. The official opening was on 15. April 2000. On 3000 sq/m contemporary art as well as art and design dating back to the 1950s is being shown. Since March 2015, the
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Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts


The Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts is a museum for Egyptian and Middle-Eastern fine art situated in the Moharam Bek neighborhood of Alexandria, Egypt. It houses a collection of works by Egyptian artist and a selection of works from Baroque, Romanticism, Rococo and Orientalism. In addition, noteworthy examples of carving, printing and sculpture from Egyptian and European artists. The museum aims to promote art to the local community and to a greater extent Egyptian society, through a selection of activities: art workshops, exhibitions and museum education for
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Suzhou Arts and Crafts Museum


Suzhou Arts and Crafts Museum () was established in 2002, and officially opened to the public in January 2003. It is located in Suzhou at No. 88 Northwest Street, in a building known as "Shangzhi Tang" that date back to the reign of the Qianlong Emperor in the Qing dynasty. Also located near the museum are the Suzhou Museum of Opera and Theatre as well as the Suzhou Silk Museum. The museum's collection, which numbers nearly one-thousand pieces, includes: modern Suzhou embroidery, sandalwood,
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Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology


in 1983. In June 1986 the Abbey Museum of Art and Archaeology was officially opened in its present building. In 1999 the next stage of the museum, a manuscript gallery was opened, named in honour of Professor Richard Stephens who served as board chairman from 1993–2003. The scope and range of the Abbey collections makes it unique amongst Australian museums, spanning 500,000 years of human history across numerous cultures and civilisations ranging from Palaeolithic stone tools to Renaissance paintings. The nearby Abbey Church houses a significant collection of stained glass dating from the
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Azerbaijan Carpet Museum


opened on 26 August 2014. In April 2014 the museum was renamed the Azerbaijan Carpet Museum, dropping its much longer official title. Azerbaijan National Carpet Museum was established in accordance with the decree No. 130 of the Council of Ministers of the Azerbaijan SSR dated March 13, 1967. From 1967 to 1993, the museum was called the Azerbaijan State Museum of Carpet and Folk Applied Arts, from 1993 to 2014 – State Museum of Carpet and Applied Arts named after Latif Karimov, from 2014 to 2019 – Azerbaijan Carpet Museum,
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Gazbia Sirry


International Biennale, 1959. Top prize for painting from Alexandria International Biennale, 1963. The fourth grand prix of International Contemporary Art, Monaco, 1968. Egypt Modern Art Museum, Cairo. Alexandria Modern Art Museum. Marine Museum in Alexandria. The Egyptian National Bank in Cairo. Al-Ahram newspaper, Cairo. The Ministry of Foreigners and Egyptian embassies abroad. The Egyptian Art Academy in Rome. Arts and Sciences Museum in Evansville, Indiana, USA. Vincent Price Art Collection in Los Anglos, USA. Faculties of fine
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Judith Peck


tactile results that validate a strong narrative." Her paintings have been exhibited nationwide and internationally including at the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana, the Masur Museum of Art in Monroe, Louisiana, the Washington County Museum of Fine Arts in Hagerstown, MD, the Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL, Fresno Art Museum, in Fresno, CA, the Portsmouth  Museum, in Porstmouth, VA, New Britain Museum of American Art, CT, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, and others. Her artwork
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Pyotr Baranovsky


but it proved to be a solid argument for converting the monastery to museum of old Russian art. Baranovsky and Igor Grabar spoke for this museum and obtained the state decree for its opening in 1947, although it opened to general public only in 1960. The monastery was returned to the Church in 1989, the museum and restoration workshop operates to date. During World War II, Baranovsky was employed by the State Commission for investigating fascist crimes in former occupied territories, later holding an official title in State Commission on preservation of monuments
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Reza Abbasi Museum


The Reza Abbasi Museum (Persian: موزه رضا عباسی ) is a museum in Tehran, Iran. It is located in Seyed Khandan. The museum is named after Reza Abbasi, one of the artists in the Safavid period. The Reza Abbasi Museum is home to a unique collection of Persian art dating back to the second millennium BC, from both the pre-Islamic and Islamic eras. "Reza Abbasi Museum" was officially opened in September 1977 under the guidance of Queen Farah Pahlavi, but it was closed in November 1978
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Mark Steven Greenfield


, was the Vice President of the Los Angeles Art Association, and was on the board of the Downtown Arts Development Association. Sep, 2014 Lookin’ Back in Front of Me: Selected Works of Mark Steven Greenfield, 1974-2014 California African American Museum Sep, 2014 EAT.DRINK.ART - A Kaleidoscope of the Senses Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park (LAMAG) Mar, 2014 RISE: Love. Revolution. Black Panther Party. Closing Reception Art Share L.A. Feb, 2014 RISE: Love, Revolution, the Black Panthers
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Hunt Slonem


San Salvador, El Salvador, in 2010; the National Gallery for Foreign Art in Sofia, Bulgaria, in 2010; the Alexandria Museum of Art in Alexandria, Louisiana in 2011, the Polk Museum of Art in Lakeland, Florida in 2012, the Moscow Museum of Modern Art in 2015, and the Russian State Museum in St. Petersburg, Russia in 2017, among others. Slonem has been an active participant in the Art in Embassies Program sponsored by the United States Department of State, alongside other American artists including Jim Dine
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Alexandria Museum of Art


Outstanding Arts Organization in the Louisiana Governor's Arts Awards. In 2007, the Museum entered into a collaborative endeavor agreement with Louisiana State University of Alexandria (LSUA). AMoA now also serves as a downtown campus for LSUA classes and is host to multidisciplinary community events, including concerts and recitals, lectures, yoga classes, Second Saturday Markets, and Museum Afterhours. These events support all art forms – film, literature and poetry, songwriting and visual arts. The Museum holds between five and seven exhibitions each year, displaying a
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Culture of Tunisia


many cultures. The museum officially opened on May 7, 1888, and offers one of the finest and largest collections of mosaics of ancient Rome. The Archaeological Museum of Sousse, founded in 1951, has the second largest collection of mosaics after the Bardo. The Oceanographic Museum of Salammbo, with its 11 rooms, is the main Tunisian museum dedicated to the sea. The National Museum of Islamic Art in Tunisia has several collections of pottery, pieces of Korans and calligraphy dating from when Raqqada occupied the Aghlabids capital, from the
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Allen 'Big Al' Carter


, and the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, The Portsmouth Museum in Virginia, and the Cameron Art Museum in Wilmington, NC, and the Alexandria Black History Museum in Alexandria, VA. Soon after his death, a retrospective of his works was staged at Vanderbilt University's Curb Center for Art, Enterprise and Public Policy. In 2015, 80 of his paintings, sculptures, drawings, and assemblages were exhibited at the Arizona State University Art Museum. A more recent retrospective was held in
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Mark Steven Greenfield


) Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park (LAMAG) Oct, 2012 Go Tell it on the Mountain California African American Museum Sep, 2012 2012 C.O.L.A. Individual Artist Fellowships Exhibition Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery at Barnsdall Park (LAMAG) Sep, 2012 Sea of Exchange: Ireland - Los Angeles LA Print Space @ Pacific Design Center Apr, 2012 18th Street Arts Center's ArtNight 18th Street Arts Center Apr, 2012 Visions from the New California 18th Street Arts Center May, 2011 Doo-Dahz Offramp Gallery 2011 May, 2011
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Romulo Royo


Forum Berlin, FIAC ("Foire internationale d'art contemporain"), Art Basel Miami, Los Angeles Art Show and ARCO Madrid among others. Performs some of his best-known series like Siamese, Blackened Times or Metal-Piel formed by paintings, sculptures, installations and technological medium. Which are exposed in the Metelkova Museum, Can Framis Museum, XXV Biennale of Alexandria at the Museum of Alexandria, the Maeztu Museum of Estella, The 4th Biennial of Contemporary Art in Moscow, Metelkova National Museum of Slovenia, Centre d'Art
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Ahmed Morsi


Ahmed Morsi (born 1930, Alexandria) is an artist, art critic and poet with a career that spans seven decades of creative output. In the 1950s, he simultaneously studied literature at Alexandria University and painting at the studio of Silvio Becchi, the son of Italian master Otorino Becchi. In 1974, Morsi moved to New York City, where he continues to paint, write and critique from his Manhattan home. His work is in public collections including the Egyptian Museum of Modern Art, the Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts,
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Singapore Art Museum


of S$30 million. It first opened its doors to the public as the Singapore Art Museum on 20 October 1995. Its first art installation was a S$90,000, -high Swarovski crystal chandelier at the museum main entrance. It weighs 325 kilograms and took over three months to make. The museum was officially opened by the Prime Minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong on 20 January 1996. In his opening speech he envisioned the new museum, along with the other four museums in the Arts and Heritage District and the Arts Centre, aiding
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Asia Museum of Modern Art


The Asia Museum of Modern Art () is an art museum in Wufeng District, Taichung, Taiwan. The museum is located at Asia University. The groundbreaking ceremony for the museum construction was held on 24 January 2011. On 4 September 2013, the museum was officially named the Asia Museum of Modern Art or Asia Modern in short. After years of construction, the soft launch of the museum was held on 21 September 2013. The museum was officially opened on 24 October 2013 in a ceremony attended by President Ma Ying-
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Rolland Golden


metaphysical magic of Rene Magritte and you find yourself in the world of New Orleans native Rolland Golden"", wrote renowned New Orleans art critic Doug MacCash, in his review of this exhibition "River & Reverie: Paintings of the Mississippi";, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, Mississippi September 2010 - January 2011;Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana 2011; Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, Louisiana, 2011; Louisiana Old State Capitol, Baton Rouge, Louisiana December 7, 2011 - March 10, 2012;Walter Anderson
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Plains Art Museum


The Plains Art Museum is a fine arts museum located in downtown Fargo, North Dakota, United States. The history of the museum dates back to 1965 when the "Red River Art Center" opened in the former Moorhead, Minnesota, post office. The name of the museum was changed when it was incorporated with the Rourke Art Gallery to form the "Plains Art Museum" in 1975. After a 1987 schism resulting the departure of founding director James O'Rourke, the Plains Art Museum and the Rourke Art Museum and Gallery became
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James R. Schlesinger


have the center named in his wife's memory. The Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center at Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus opened in September, 2001. It is an up-to-date building that features the Mary Baker Collier Theatre, the Margaret W. and Joseph L. Fisher Art Gallery, the Wachovia Forum and Seminar Room spaces. Clients of the Schlesinger Center include the Alexandria Symphony, the United States Marine Band, "The President's Own", and the U.S. Marine Chamber Orchestra, the United
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Alexis Akrithakis


an exhibition organized by the Municipal Gallery of Athens in the framework of the "Athens 2018 World Book Capital", curated by Denys Zacharopoulos. His work has been included in major institutionally organized exhibitions such as the 12th Biennale of Alexandria held in the Alexandria Museum of Fine Art, Alexandria, Egypt, Europalia 1982 at the Bozar, Brussels, Belgium. In Greece his work has been included in major shows organized by the National Art Gallery–Alexandros Soutzos Museum such as "Metamorphoses of the Modern. The Greek experience" in
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Georgian Museum of Fine Arts


Georgian Museum of Fine Arts () is a private art museum located on the Rustaveli Avenue in Tbilisi, Georgia (country). The construction broke ground in 2013 and is the only building in Georgia built purposely to house art exhibitions. The museum official opening was held on September 26, 2018, while it opened to the public on October 2, 2018. The museum houses over 3500 artworks, created by over 80 artists during the last 70 years. The museum exhibits private art collection of the family of Dr. George (
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Art Museum of the University of Memphis


The Art Museum of the University of Memphis (officially known as the Art Museum "at" the University of Memphis, or simply as "AMUM") is located at 3750 Norriswood Avenue in Memphis, Tennessee, USA. It is the principal art museum of the University of Memphis. The museum was opened in 1981 as The University Gallery; in 1994 the gallery received its present name. The museum is open from Monday to Saturday from 9 am until 5 pm, it is closed on University holidays. Admission to the
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Brooklyn Museum


dates its first bequest of Francis Guy's "Winter Scene in Brooklyn" in 1846. In 1855, the museum officially designated a collection of American Art, with the first work commissioned for the collection being a landscape painting by Asher B. Durand. Items in the American Art collection include portraits, pastels, sculptures, and prints; all items in the collection date to between c. 1720 and c. 1945. Represented in the American Art collection are works by artists such as William Edmondson ("Angel", date unknown),
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The Ultimate Fighter 4


(Original Air Date Sep 7, 2006) Episode 5: Flip-A-Coin (Original Air Date Sep 14, 2006) Episode 6: Captain Miserable (Original Air Date Sep 21, 2006) Episode 7: Drop to a Knee (Original Air Date Sep 28, 2006) Episode 8: True Colors (Original Air Date Oct 6, 2006) Episode 9: Semi-Final Match-Ups (Original Air Date Oct 12, 2006) Episode 10: Carter vs. Serra (Original Air Date Oct 19
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Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum


. In addition, the “Time of Year” feature allows users to select a date on the calendar to view what species are in flower or are expected to be in flower. Past dates will also provide temperature and precipitation data, whereas future dates will give average temperatures and chance of precipitation. The Art Institute opened in 2001 to promote conservation of the Sonoran Desert through art education including classes, art exhibits, and stewardship of the Museum art. The Art Institute offers a certificate program in nature illustration. Over 80 art
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National Museum of Catholic Art and History


$50,000 and liabilities of $1 million to $10 million. In 2012 the museum began moving to its new location on Massachusetts Avenue in Washington D.C. Since 2011, it has solicited contributions to re-open the museum has not re-opened or announced a date for re-opening. The museum has 11 galleries of art and artifacts, including traveling exhibits and works on art on loan by private collectors. The collection of old masters includes "The Betrayal of Christ" by Anthony van Dyck. The contemporary galleries have
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Carolyn Mary Kleefeld


Courthouse Art Center, Woodstock, Illinois (2014), The New York Hall of Science, New York, NY (2013), the Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, Louisiana (2013), Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, Illinois (2001), University of California-Santa Cruz, Santa Cruz, California (2001), National Arts Club in New York, New York (2001), and Nassau County Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor, New York, among others. Ms. Kleefeld’s award-winning
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Tenby Museum and Art Gallery


indicates a note of caution was being urged with regard to the administration of the proposed museum and the safeguarding of its collection. Throughout the last 125 years Tenby Museum and Art Gallery has continued with the support of volunteers, to exhibit, study and preserve a collection relating to the social and cultural history of the area. 17 June 1976 saw the official opening of the Wilfred Harrison Art Gallery. In 1995 the New Art Gallery was opened at Tenby Museum. In the 20th century the museum was affiliated to the National Museum and
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Ray Turner (artist)


1990. In 2010, his paintings were shown at the Pasadena Museum of California Art alongside those of Wayne Thiebaud. In 2011, Turner had solo shows at Rivera & Rivera and the Long Beach Museum of Art. After Long Beach, the exhibition "Population" traveled to the Akron Art Museum (OH), Whatcom Museum (Bellingham, WA), Tacoma Museum of Glass (WA), Alexandria Museum of Art (VA), Wichita Art Museum (KS), Huntington Museum of Art (WV), and
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Judith Peck


Place Award - Regional Exhibition, Hill Center Gallery, Washington, DC First Place - "For & About Women", Frederick Gallery, Fredericksburg Center for the Creative Arts, Fredericksburg, VA Second Place Award - 30 September International Competition, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria, LA 2018 Phil Desind Award - National Midyear Exhibition - Butler Institute of American Art 2019 Best in Show - Washington County Museum of Art, Hagerstown, MD "The Ashen Rainbow : Essays on the Arts and the Holocaust", Ori Z. Soltes, Bartleby
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Krannert Art Museum


The Krannert Art Museum is an art museum located at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Champaign, Illinois, United States. It has of space devoted to all periods of art, dating from ancient Egypt to contemporary photography. The museum's collection of more than 10,000 objects includes specializations in 20th-century art, Asian art, and pre-Columbian art, particularly works from the Andes. In 2012, the Krannert Art Museum opened a newly redesigned gallery of African art entitled Encounters: The Arts of Africa.
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World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum


The World Heritage Rock Art Centre - Alta Museum ("Verdensarvsenter for bergkunst – Alta Museum") is located at Alta in Finnmark, Norway. World Heritage Rock Art - Alta Museum is situated in Hjemmeluft, a small bay in the Altafjord at a site of early settlement of Finnmark dating from around 11,000 years ago. In 1973, the first rock carvings in Hjemmeluft were found. To date over 3,000 figures have been registered here. In the municipality as a whole over 6000 figures have been registered. The museum opened in
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Alexandria, Virginia


, Alexandria City Hall, Market Square, the Jones Point Light, the south cornerstone of the original District of Columbia, Robert E. Lee's boyhood home, the Torpedo Factory Art Center, and the Virginia Theological Seminary. Other sites of historical interest in the city include Alexandria Black History Resource Center, Fort Ward Park and Museum, and the Alexandria Canal lock re-creation at Canal Office Center. Interesting sites with Alexandria addresses but outside of the city limits include River Farm, Collingwood Library & Museum, Green Spring Gardens Park
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Henry Heydenryk Jr.


Louis Art Museum, Kimbell Art Museum, Norton Simon Museum, Smithsonian Institution and Cleveland Museum of Art as well as leading auction houses such as Sotheby's and Christie's. Henry Heydenryk Jr. worked with The Museum Of Modern Art’s co-founder Mary Quinn Sullivan, the director Alfred H. Barr Jr. and the senior curator Dorothy Canning Miller and framed many major paintings in the collection. In the 1970s, he was appointed the official frame consultant to The National Gallery of Art, providing frames for works dating from the early Renaissance
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Alexandria, Louisiana


(LSUA). The Alexandria Museum of Art now also serves as a downtown campus for LSUA classes, and is host to multidisciplinary community events, including concerts and recitals, lectures, yoga classes, Second Saturday Markets, and Museum Afterhours. The Louisiana History Museum is located downtown on the bottom floor of the former library. A small facility, it showcases the history of all Louisiana, with emphasis on the central portion of the state, Rapides Parish, and Alexandria. Major exhibit areas concern Native Americans, Louisiana geography,
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Honolulu Museum of Art


The Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts) is an art museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. The museum is largest of its kind in the state, and was founded in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke. The museum has one of the largest single collections of Asian and Pan-Pacific art in the United States, and since its official opening on April 8, 1927, its collections have grown to more than 50,000 works of art. The Honolulu Museum of Art was called “the finest small museum in
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Faculty Of Fine Arts, Alexandria University


of Fine Arts, Alexandria University. The faculty has been supplying the society with faculty artists and architectures who enriched the culture and still the pioneers play a vital role in the Egyptian, Arab and international art movement. In 2007, the faculty celebrated its golden jubilee for its foundation. The celebration included: First Art & Architecture Exhibitions: • Exhibition of graduation projects for the year 2005-2006, at Hussin Sobhy Museum. • Exhibition of faculty new buildings in El Maamora, in Faculty Museum in the Main Hall-Mazlom
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Sacramento Valley Museum


developing museum, opened for viewing in March 1963, less than a year after architect Alvin Fingado stated the long-term repairs necessary to make the building inhabitable. The Museum was open for six months and then closed for repairs that were more extensive. The Museum officially opened in June 1964. In addition to exhibits of historic material, there were art exhibits and a room dedicated to art classes for the community. The museum is open from March through October, Thursday - Saturday (10 a.m. - 4 p.m.). It
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Museum der bildenden Künste


The Museum der bildenden Künste (German: "Museum of Fine Arts") is a museum in Leipzig, Saxony, Germany. It covers artworks from the Late Middle Ages to Modernity. The museum dates back to the founding of the "Leipzig Art Association" by Leipzig art collectors and promoters in 1837, and had set itself the goal of creating an art museum. On 10 December 1848, the association was able to open the "Städtische Museum" in the first public school on the Moritzbastei. There were issued approximately
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San Diego Museum of Art


The San Diego Museum of Art is a fine arts museum located at 1450 El Prado in Balboa Park in San Diego, California that houses a broad collection with particular strength in Spanish art. The San Diego Museum of Art opened as The Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego on February 28, 1926, and changed its name to the San Diego Museum of Art in 1978. The official Balboa Park website calls the San Diego Museum of Art "the region's oldest and largest art museum". Nearly half a million people visit
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Aboa Vetus & Ars Nova


Aboa Vetus and Ars Nova is a museum in central Turku, Finland. The museum is housed in a building known as the Rettig palace, originally built in 1928. Aboa Vetus displays portions of the city dating back to medieval times, while Ars Nova is a museum of contemporary art. The museum was first opened in 1995 as two independent museums. Originally, plans were for only Ars Nova, the contemporary art museum, but during its construction a number of structures and artifacts dating back to the Middle Ages were discovered,
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Museum


first modern museums. The gallery had been open to visitors by request since the sixteenth century, and in 1765 it was officially opened to the public. Another early public museum was the British Museum in London, which opened to the public in 1759. It was a "universal museum" with very varied collections covering art, applied art, archaeology, anthropology, history, and science, and what is now the British Library. The science collections, library, paintings, and modern sculptures have since been found separate homes,
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Garage Museum of Contemporary Art


art from the 1950s. It also runs educational programmes and publishes material relating to current developments in Russian and international art and culture. When the museum opened in June 2008, it was housed in Moscow's former Bakhmetevsky Bus Garage, designed in 1926 by the Constructivist architect Konstantin Melnikov, hence the museum's name. Dasha Zhukova was the first director of museum. The British singer Amy Winehouse gave a private performance at the official opening. In 2009 it was the main venue for the Third Moscow Biennale of Contemporary Art, curated
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Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa


was also housed. The National Art Gallery was opened in 1936 and occupied the first floor of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum building on Buckle Street, Wellington. It was originally populated with a collection donated by Academy of Fine Arts. The Gallery was formed with the passing of the National Art Gallery and Dominion Museum Act in 1930. Both the Dominion Museum and Gallery were overseen by a single board of trustees. The official opening was by the Governor General in 1934. The early holding consisted largely of donations and bequests
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Georgia Museum of Art


The Georgia Museum of Art is an art museum in Athens, Georgia, United States, associated with the University of Georgia. The museum is both an academic museum and, since 1982, the official art museum of the state of Georgia.1982 The permanent collection consists of American paintings, primarily 19th- and 20th-century; American, European and Asian works on paper; the Samuel H. Kress Study Collection of Italian Renaissance paintings; and growing collections of southern decorative arts and Asian art. The Georgia Museum opened on UGA's North Campus
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Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna, Rome


The Galleria Comunale d'Arte Moderna is the museum of modern and contemporary art of the city of Rome, Italy. It is housed in a former Barefoot Carmelite monastery dating from the 17th century and adjacent to the church of San Giuseppe a Capo le Case, at 24 Via Francesco Crispi. The origins of the collection of the museum date from a purchase by the comune of Rome of works from the Esposizione Internazionale di Belle Arti, or international fine art exhibition, of 1883. The museum was officially constituted in 1925. It was
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Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth


The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (widely referred to as The Modern) is a museum of post-World War II art in Fort Worth, TX. The museum dates back to 1892 and its current building in the city's Cultural District opened in 2002. It can show up to 150 works of art and its permanent collection includes more than 3,000 works. The Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth was first granted a Charter from the State of Texas in 1892 as the "Fort Worth Public Library and Art Gallery"
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Brooklyn Museum Art School


The Brooklyn Museum Art School (BMAS) was a non-degree-granting professional school that opened at the Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn, New York in the summer of 1941. Prior to the creation of the BMAS, classes for amateur artists had been offered by the Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences (BIAS), the Museum's parent organization. BIAS offered hands-on art classes dating back to 1841. The Brooklyn Museum Art School provided instruction for amateur artists as well until January 1985 when it was transferred to the
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Singapore Art Museum


, Community and Youth (MCCY), and Tote Board. Officially opened on 20 January 1996, SAM is one of the first art museums with international-standard museum facilities and programmes in Southeast Asia. The museum, then known as a fine art museum, was born out of a project by the National Museum to set up a five-museum precinct in the city. The other four museums that make up the precinct are known as the Singapore History Museum, Asian Civilisations Museum, People's Museum and the Children's
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Cerdanyola Art Museum


The Cerdanyola Art Museum, also known as Can Domènech, is an art museum located in the old quarter of the city of Cerdanyola del Vallès. It was opened on 10 September 2009 and is part of the Barcelona Provincial Council Local Museum Network and of the Art Nouveau European Route. The building, work of architect Gaietà Buïgas and Eduard Maria Balcells, dates back to 1894. It is one of the most noteworthy constructions of local Art Nouveau. In 2003, the building was approved for remodelling with the help of sponsorship from
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Gazbia Sirry


arts and art education in Cairo, Alexandria and Menia. Josef Museum of Unaligned Countries in Belgrade, Yugoslavia. Living Art Museum in Tunis. The Grand Conference Hall at Cairo Opera House and Cairo. The National Museum of Woman Arts in Washington. Arab World Institute in Paris. Museum of Art and Sciences in Evansville, Indiana, USA. Unaligned Countries Museum in Yugoslavia. The American University in Cairo. Cairo Opera House. Great Cairo Library. Mubarak Public Library in Giza. The Supreme Council of Culture, Cairo. Press
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Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop


The Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop/Museum is a historic apothecary's shop in Alexandria, Virginia, US, that has been preserved as a museum. During its working life, the drug company was owned by generations of a Quaker family. Eventually, a dramatic decline in sales during the Great Depression forced the shop to close its doors. Almost immediately, in 1939, it was reopened as a museum. Today, most of the artifacts inside the shop are authentic and date to its closing. Edward Stabler came to Alexandria
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National Art Museum of Ukraine


the Russian archeologist Vikentiy Khvoyka who moved to Kiev from the Kingdom of Bohemia. The museum officially opened just before Christmas on 23 December 1904 as the Kiev Industrial Arts and Science museum of Emperor Nicholas II. The first director of museum became Mykola Biliashivsky. In 1936 the museum became known as the Kiev State Museum of Ukrainian Arts and in 1964 as the State Museum of Decorative Arts of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic. Originally called the Kiev City Museum of Antiques and Art, the founders set out to put together a collection of
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Museum Jorn, Silkeborg


or were kindred artistic spirits including, among others, Max Ernst, Francis Picabia, Fernand Léger and Man Ray. Museum Jorn's history dates back to 1940 when a museum association of Silkeborg and Neighbourhood made its first acquisitions of art. In 1951, a single room in the local history museum in Silkeborg (Silkeborg Museum) was converted to hold modern art. In 1961 the museum opened an exhibition at the premises of a school building in Silkeborg, and in 1965 the independent institution Silkeborg Museum of Art was founded. In
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Harris Museum


300,000 to establish a trust and support a public library, museum and art gallery with Preston Corporation. In 1879, the first Preston lending library was set up in the Town Hall basement, while a public museum was set up on Cross Street, opening 1 May 1880. Success led the council to erect a new building for both. Work started on the museum in 1882 during the Preston Guild, and it officially opened in 1893. The Harris collections cover fine art, decorative art, costume, textiles and history including collections
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MacNider Art Museum


MacNider Art Museum, officially the Charles H. MacNider Art Museum, is an art museum conceived in 1964 and opened to the public in 1966 in Mason City, Iowa. The museum is known for its collection of American art, and includes paintings, prints, drawings, ceramics, sculpture, fused and blown glass and textiles. There is a special collection of Bil Baird marionettes, hand puppets and ephemera, including those used for "The Lonely Goatherd" scene in the film "The Sound of Music". It is named
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Mystic Museum of Art


Mystic Museum of Art is a museum of American art at 9 Water Street in Mystic, Connecticut. The Mystic Art Association, an organization of artists who painted in the seacoast town, was founded by Charles Harold Davis in 1913. It opened the Mystic Arts Center in 1931 as an exhibition space and museum. Mystic Arts Center was renamed Mystic Museum of Art in 2016. Its permanent collection features works by Davis, Robert Brackman, Yngve Edward Soderberg, J. Alden Weir, Charles Herbert Woodbury, and many others. Official website
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Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum


the 1934 Town Hall. In 1980 the new City Theatre opened, and in 1984-85 the Gladstone City Council converted the former Town Hall and Municipal Chambers into an art gallery and museum, to provide the citizens of Gladstone and visitors to the city with a venue in which to view art, of all media, by professional and amateur artists from locally and elsewhere and to acquaint themselves with the cultural and historic heritage of the area. The Gladstone Regional Art Gallery and Museum was opened officially on 3 April 1985. The
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McMullen Museum of Art


McMullen Museum of Art is the university art museum of Boston College in Brighton, Massachusetts, near the main campus in Chestnut Hill. The museum, which opened in Devlin Hall in 1993, was officially named The Charles S. and Isabella V. McMullen Museum of Art in 1996 in honor of the parents of the Boston College benefactor, trustee and art collector John J. McMullen. In September 2016, the museum relocated to 2101 Commonwealth Avenue on Boston College's Brighton Campus. The new facility features nearly two times the exhibition space of its
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Pasadena Museum of California Art


The Pasadena Museum of California Art (PMCA) was an art museum located in Pasadena, California, United States, showcasing art and design that originates from California. The museum was founded by long-time Pasadena residents and art collectors Robert and Arlene Oltman. Ground was broken in 2000 and the museum officially opened in June 2002. The museum did not house a permanent collection, but instead features changing exhibits. Notable exhibitions have included "Maynard Dixon: Masterpieces from the Brigham Young University and Private Collections", the largest exhibition
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Mohamed Nagy (artist)


Nagy's death, Tharwat Okasha, the Minister of Culture of Egypt, opened the Mohamed Nagy Museum on 13 July 1968. Of Turkish and Egyptian ancestry, Nagi was born in the Mediterranean city of Alexandria on 17 January 1888. He displayed a keen interest in the art forms of poetry, folk arts and painting from a young age, and also in music (playing violin and lute). From 1906-10, he studied law at Lyons. From 1910 to 1914 he enrolled in art studies at the Academy of
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Museo d'Arte di Chianciano Terme


The Museo d'Arte di Chianciano Terme is a private art museum in Chianciano Terme, in Tuscany in central Italy. Its collections range from contemporary to Asian art. The museum was founded Roberto Gagliardi in 2009. It houses about 1000 works and occupies 3000 m in a former hotel building. It hosts the Biennale di Chianciano. The museum was inaugurated on 29 August 2009; the opening date for the museum is 15 June 2016. The collection of the museum has five sections: Asian art; contemporary art, with works by Salvador
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Wallraf–Richartz Museum


The Wallraf–Richartz Museum (full name in German: "") is one of the three major museums in Cologne, Germany. It houses an art gallery with a collection of fine art from the medieval period to the early twentieth century. The museum dates back to the year 1824, when the comprehensive collection of medieval art from Franz Ferdinand Wallraf came to the city of Cologne by inheritance. The first building was donated by Johann Heinrich Richartz, and the museum was opened in 1861. The collection was regularly expanded by donations
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Hallie Ford Museum of Art


large donation came from Hallie Ford and the Ford Family Foundation that allowed the purchase and remodel to move forward. The museum officially opened in 1998 with over 3,000 pieces of art, and was the second largest art museum in the state at that time. The museum was named top fine arts venue and art gallery in the local region in 2002 by residents. In 2003, the facility received a Certificate of Award from the Oregon Art Education Association, and was named as the third best art gallery in Oregon's mid-Willamette
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Judith Peck


Washington, DC, and also a purchase award from the Alexandria Commission for the Arts for the permanent collection of the city of Alexandria, Virginia. 2011 Strauss Fellowship Grant from Fairfax County, VA Juror's Choice Award - About Face. Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Art Center, Solomons, MD 2012 Best in Show - In The Flesh III, Target Gallery, Alexandria, VA 2013 Juror’s Award - Masur Museum of Art, Monroe, LA 2014 Awarded Brush Creek Residency, Saratoga, WY 2016 Best in Show winner - Pinnacle
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Eugene J. Martin


in 1988. In December 2001 he suffered simultaneously a brain hemorrhage and stroke while in Belgium. After undergoing physical therapy in Lafayette, he resumed painting and continued creating art until his death. Eugene Martin's works of art can be found in numerous private art collections throughout the world, and are included in the permanent collection of the High Museum of Art in Atlanta, Georgia, the Ogden Museum of Southern Art, New Orleans; the Alexandria Museum of Art, Louisiana; the Stowitts Museum & Library in Pacific Grove, California
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Long Museum


The Long Museum () is a private art museum in Shanghai, China, founded by Liu Yiqian and his wife Wang Wei. The museum has two locations in Shanghai: the Long Museum Pudong and Long Museum West Bund. In 2016, a third location was opened in Chongqing and a Wuhan branch is scheduled for 2018. The Long Museum Pudong was officially opened to the public on December 18, 2012. The Long Museum West Bund opened on March 28, 2014 and was China's largest private museum at the time of
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Museum of Ancient Iran


in 1958. This building was originally intended to be an anthropology museum. But after Iranian revolution, with the establishment of the Cultural Heritage Organization and the concentration of ancient objects in the Museum of Ancient Iran, it was suggested that the museum be renamed to the National Museum of Iran and another museum named Museum of the Islamic Art be added to it. Eventually, in 1996, with the official opening of the Islamic Museum, the whole complex of the Museum of Ancient Iran and the Museum of Islamic Era was officially named
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Kommern Open Air Museum


The Kommern Open Air Museum () and Rhenish State Museum for Folk Art ("Rheinische Landesmuseum für Volkskunde") in Kommern/Eifel is one of the largest open air museums in Europe, covering an area of over 95 hectares and displaying around 67 historic buildings from the Prussian Rhine Province. It is operated by the Rhineland Regional Association ("Landschaftsverband Rheinland", LVR). The planning for an open-air museum in the Rhineland dates back to the 1950s. Approximately 30 cities, towns and villages between Aachen,
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Stabler-Leadbeater Apothecary Shop


Society of Alexandria purchased the buildings at auction. Hendler then donated the contents and archives to the Landmarks Society. With the buildings and collection secured, the structures were conjecturally returned to their 18th-century appearance by noted restoration architect, Thomas Tileston Waterman. The museum was officially re-opened in 1939, free of charge thanks to the financial support of the American Pharmaceutical Association. After an extensive renovation adding a fire suppression system, and re-stabilizing the structure, the Landmarks Society donated the museum and its important contents to
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Hood Museum of Art


The Hood Museum of Art is a museum in Hanover, New Hampshire, United States. Dating back to 1772, the museum is owned and operated by Dartmouth College. The current building, designed by Charles Willard Moore and Chad Floyd, opened in the fall of 1985. It houses both permanent collections and visiting exhibitions. The collection encompasses important holdings of American, Native American, European, African, and Melanesian art, including a significant collection of indigenous Australian contemporary art and a major archive of photojournalism. Among the collection's
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Museum of Christian Art


objects of Christian interest, including paintings and religious silverware, some dating back to the 16th century." It also notes that this convent was the first nunnery of its kind in the East and continued until the late 19th century. In Goa, the Goa State Museum also houses a Christian Art Gallery. In August 2011, Mumbai also announced plans to open its museum of Christian art. In January 2012, a major art heist was reported at the museum. There was no detailed listing of the items that were stolen,
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Michael C. Carlos Museum


Museum of Art and Archaeology and was officially accredited by the American Alliance of Museums as a museum of antiquities and fine arts. Carlos died in December 2002 at the age of 75. A major expansion in 1993 transformed the museum into one of Atlanta's top arts institutions. Upon the new building's opening, the museum became known as the Michael C. Carlos Museum, named after its most generous patron. The museum's permanent Egyptian holdings were bolstered with the acquisition of 145 works from Canada's Niagara Falls Museum in 1999.
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Swope Art Museum


The Sheldon Swope Art Museum in Terre Haute, Indiana, was originally funded by a bequest from Michael Sheldon Swope (1843–1929), a Civil War veteran and jeweler who lived in Terre Haute much of his adult life. Planning for the art museum began on September 26, 1939, and the museum was officially open to the public on March 21, 1942. According to its mission statement, "The Sheldon Swope Art Museum collects, preserves and celebrates the best in American art with programs and exhibitions designed to engage, stimulate
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Gazbia Sirry


Gazbia Sirry () (born 1925) is an Egyptian painter. Born in Cairo, Gazbia Sirry studied fine arts and became a professor in the painting department of the Faculty of Art Education, Helwan University. She was also a professor at the American University in Cairo. She has had more than 50 personal exhibitions, official purchases by international museums, international prizes, scholarships and university chairs. Rome prizes for painting, 1952. Honoring prize for oil painting from Venice International Biennale, 1956. Second prize for print from Alexandria
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Geological Museum and Art Gallery (Dilijan)


Sharambeyan made every effort to make it treasury of archaeological items and works of art. Initially, all the items were collected in the town library. The former building of the museum was built in 1926 as a hotel, later used as a hospital and afterwards again was used as a hotel. It underwent reconstruction in 1927 to host the Geological Museum and Art Gallery of Dilijan. The old building of the museum was demolished, and during five years new building of the museum was built. The official opening of the museum was
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Malaika Favorite


Morris Museum of Art, Augusta GA, Louisiana State University Print Collection, Baton Rouge, LA, Alexandria Museum of Art, Alexandria LA, The Coca-Cola Company, Atlanta GA, Hartsfield International Airport, Atlanta GA, The National Underground Railroad Freedom Center, Cincinnati Ohio, Rosel Fann Recreation Center, Atlanta GA. She also has outdoor murals on Auburn Ave in Atlanta and on White St. in Atlanta. Favorite works in a variety of forms and media. Her experiments with literature as part of the painting's text and
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Lyceum (Alexandria, Virginia)


The Lyceum is a historic structure in Alexandria, Virginia. It was built in 1839 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since May 27, 1969. It was built, from bricks from the original St. Mary chapel, as a permanent home for the Alexandria Lyceum and the Alexandria Library. It served as a hospital during the American Civil War. After the war it became a private home and later served as an office building. Today it is the location of thee official city history museum of Alexandria.
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Indianapolis Museum of Art


effort to assist with accreditation. That same year it was confirmed that the museum would relocate to Oldfields, with the new Krannert Pavilion opening to the public in October 1970. In 1969, prior to moving to the new site, the Art Association of Indianapolis officially changed its name to the Indianapolis Museum of Art. In 2008, the museum changed its main entrance and address from 1200 West 38th Street to 4000 North Michigan Road. In 1960, Art Association of Indianapolis board members began discussing the idea of placing the museum at
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Alexandria


recent radiocarbon dating of seashell fragments and lead contamination show significant human activity at the location for two millennia preceding Alexandria's founding. Alexandria was the intellectual and cultural center of the ancient world for some time. The city and its museum attracted many of the greatest scholars, including Greeks, Jews and Syrians. The city was later plundered and lost its significance. In the early Christian Church, the city was the center of the Patriarchate of Alexandria, which was one of the major centers of early Christianity in the Eastern Roman Empire
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Wim Pijbes


of charge. The Rijksmuseum was the first museum worldwide to ban copyrights and open the collection with a radical approach. The open-content museum dates to 2011, when the Rijksmuseum made the first of 208,000 images available for download at no cost after curators found more than 10,000 low-quality scans of one of its Vermeers online. Pijbes lectures and writes extensively on art, artists, the role of museums in society, copyright and on the digitalization of art. Wim Pijbes holds a position of the Humanitas Professorship in the History
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Hiroshima


of French renaissance art, opened in 1978. The Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum opened in 1968, and is located near Shukkei-en gardens. The Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, which opened in 1989, is located near Hijiyama Park. Festivals include Hiroshima Flower Festival and Hiroshima International Animation Festival. Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park, which includes the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, draws many visitors from around the world, especially for the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, an annual commemoration held on the date of the atomic bombing. The park also
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Alexandria Museum of Fine Arts


children; exhibitions for noted Egyptian artists and international cultural exchange activities. The museum was established in 1904 when Alexandria Municipal Authorities received a collection of paintings as a gift from Edward Farid Heim. The collection consisted of 210 pieces by international artists. Heim stipulated the establishment of a dedicated building for presenting these artworks; he would have otherwise taken them back to his homeland Germany. In 1936, French trader, Baron de Menasha, donated a villa in Alexandria's Moharram Bek area to be used as a library and a gallery for
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Odense


tales. The museums in Odense are mainly governed by the Odense City Museums, a department of the municipal government. Funen's Art Museum (Fyns Kunstmuseum), formerly The Museum of Funen's Abbey, is one of Denmark's oldest art museums, dating to 1885. It contains the principal works by Jens Juel, Dankvart Dreyer, P.S. Krøyer and H. A. Brendekilde. The open-air The Funen Village museum ("Den Fynske Landsby") tries to emulate what country life was like in Denmark at the time of
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Mimara Museum


The Mimara Museum () is an art museum in the city of Zagreb, Croatia. It is situated on Roosevelt Square, housing the collection by Wiltrud and Ante Topić Mimara. Its full official name is the Art Collection of Ante and Wiltrud Topić Mimara. According to Thomas Hoving, "Topic Mimara's hoard of masterpieces are 95 percent fakes produced by him and his hired forgers." Of the total of 3,700 varied works of art, more than 1,500 exhibits constitute permanent holdings, dating from the prehistoric period up to the
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Museo del Prado


The Prado Museum ( ), officially known as Museo Nacional del Prado, is the main Spanish national art museum, located in central Madrid. It is widely considered to have one of the world's finest collections of European art, dating from the 12th century to the early 20th century, based on the former Spanish Royal Collection, and the single best collection of Spanish art. Founded as a museum of paintings and sculpture in 1819, it also contains important collections of other types of works. El Prado is one of the
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Crime Museum


police to either destroy these items, or retain them for instructional purposes. By the latter part of 1874, official authority was given for a crime museum to be opened. The founding Inspector Neame, with the help of a P.C. Randall, gathered together sufficient material of both old and new cases—initially pertaining to exhibits found in the possession of burglars and thieves—to enable a museum to be subsequently opened. The actual date in 1875 when the Black Museum opened is not known, but the permanent appointment of Neame and
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Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia


The Islamic Arts Museum Malaysia (Malay: "Muzium Kesenian Islam Malaysia") was officially opened on 12 December 1998. The museum is located in the heart of Kuala Lumpur’s tourist belt amidst the lush greenery of Perdana Botanical Gardens and within walking distance to the National Mosque, Bird Park and National Planetarium. The museum is the largest museum of Islamic arts in South East Asia with more than seven thousands artifacts from the Islamic world. The Islamic Arts Museum has 12 main galleries which is classified according to the types of artefacts
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Holy Trinity of Wrocław


The Wrocław Holy Trinity (in Polish: Trójca Święta ze Świerzawy or Tron Łaski ze Świerzawy) is a Bohemian panel painting dating from the period around 1350. The picture was discovered in 1898 in the loft of the Church of SS John the Baptist and Catherine of Alexandria in Świerzawa, Lower Silesia, and given to the diocesan museum in Wrocław. In 1904 it was restored in Berlin. After 1945 it was in the state art collection at the Wawel in Krakow, then in 1964 it was transferred to the then Wrocław Silesian
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Dahesh Museum of Art


create the museum in Manhattan rather than Lebanon due to the challenges of the city's art community arising from the political instability of the country. Despite some concerns about the art's origins, the Museum was incorporated in 1987 and opened officially in 1995 at an gallery on Fifth Avenue. It struggled in the early years, due in part to the relatively obscure nature of its founder's legacy, and the perception of illustration as an art form. Despite the struggles, the museum attracted an annual attendance of about 20,000 people and
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