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The Franklin Institute
Formerly The Franklin Institute of the State of Pennsylvania for the Promotion of the Mechanic Arts
Opened in 1825 on 7th street in Philadelphia PA
Opened a museum in current location on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in 1934 -
National Academy Museum and School
Founded in 1825 as The National Academy of Design. First permanent location (1865-1900) at 23rd and Park Ave. Second location (1900-1942) at West 57th St (Galleries) 109th and Cathedral Parkway (Offices). Current location (1942- present) 1083 Fifth Ave, New York -
Smithsonian American Art Museum
The American Art Museum’s collection pre-dates the Smithsonian. In 1906 it was recognized as forming a “National Gallery of Art.” The collection did not have a permanent home until 1957. The Museum opened to the public in its current location in 1968. The Museum has had several names: the National Gallery of Art, the National Collection of Fine Arts, and the National Museum of American Art. The current name has been in place since 2000. -
University of Michigan Museum of Art (UMMA)
In 1856 the first art gallery on campus was opened. In 1946 the Museum of Art formed as an independent department of the University. In Ann Arbor, Michigan -
Metropolitan Museum of Art
First at 681 Fifth Avenue and later West 14th Street
Museum opens at 1000 Fifth Avenue in 1880 -
American Museum of Natural History
Founded 1869, opened 1871, New York -
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Originally known as the Pennsylvania Museum and School for Industrial Art, it was founded in 1876 in response to the Centennial Exhibition's art gallery in Memorial Hall. It closed soon after and re-opened its doors to the public in 1877. It was located in Fairmount Park until the current building opened in 1928. -
Smithsonian National Zoological Park
An annex to the Rock Creek Facility was created in Front Royal Virginia in 1975. It was originally called the Conservation and Research Center (CRC). Today it is called the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI). -
Denver Art Museum
Founded as the Artists' Club of Denver -
The Cloisters Museum and Park
1914 (George Grey Barnard opened his original Cloisters)
1925 (opened in same location but as a branch of the MET)
1938 (opened in Fort Tryon Park, current location) -
Cranbrook Art Museum
Cranbrook Museum was founded in 1927 in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. It opened in 1930, and was housed in the Cranbrook Academy of Art. Later renamed Cranbrook Art Museum, it moved into its 1942 Eliel Saarinen purpose-designed building, with connecting Peristyle and Library. A new Collections Wing was completed in 2011. -
Whitney Museum of Art
The Whitney Museum of American Art was founded by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1931 in Greenwich on West Eighth Street -
Walters Art Museum
Opened as a private gallery in 1909, became a public museum in 1934 in Baltimore, Maryland
Originally known as The Walters Art Gallery (renamed in 2001) -
Wichita Art Museum
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The Frick Collection
The Frick Collection in New York was founded in 1915, and was opened to the public in 1935. -
The Los Angeles Zoo and Botanical Gardens
Founded as Los Angeles Zoo -
MOCA Cleveland
Locations from most recent to oldest:
11400 Euclid Avenue
8501 Carnegie Avenue
The Galleria Mall, concurrent with Bellflower, rent-free storefront
Bellflower Avenue, rented Victorian Home
11301 Euclid Avenue, rented storefront -
Baltimore Museum of Industry
Baltimore Museum of Industry, founded as the Baltimore Industrial Museum in 1976, opened in 1981 in Baltimore, Maryland -
The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
The Geffen Contemporary (formerly The Temporary Contemporary) opened in 1983
MOCA Grand Avenue opened in 1986
MOCA at the Pacific Design Center opened in 2001 -
The Wild Center
The Natural History Museum of the Adirondacks (“The Wild Center”)
Chartered by NY State 1999
Opened July 4, 2006 in Tupper Lake, New York -
Leave it Better Foundation
