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Art museum in Pennsylvania, U.S. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Westmoreland Museum of American Art is an art museum in Greensburg, Pennsylvania devoted to American art, with a particular concentration on the art of southwestern Pennsylvania.[2]
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Established | 1959 |
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Location | Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40.3060°N 79.5448°W |
Type | Art museum |
Accreditation | AAM |
Collections | American art & sculpture |
Founder | Mary Marchand Woods |
Director | Silvia Filippini-Fantoni[1] |
Curator | Jeremiah William McCarthy[1] |
Architect | Ennead Architects |
Employees | 26[1] |
Public transit access | N Main St + Park St (Museum) WCTA |
Nearest parking | On site (no charge) |
Website | thewestmoreland |
Art lover and Greensburg resident Mary Marchand Woods bequeathed her entire estate to establish The Woods Marchand Foundation in 1949. The museum developed from this foundation, opening ten years later.[3]
The museum has expanded several times, beginning with a west-wing addition in 1968.[4] In 2015, the museum reopened after two years of major renovations to expand and modernize its facilities. The expansion added 13,287 square feet to its original 30,000, including a cantilevered wing for exhibitions.[3][4]
William H. Gerdts wrote that
... in western Pennsylvania the Westmoreland Museum of Art in Greensburg, rather than the Carnegie Institute in Pittsburgh, has pioneered regional investigations.[5]
A Tim Prentice kinetic sculpture is installed on the south facade.[6]
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