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Established | 1959 |
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Location | Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40°18′22″N 79°32′41″W / 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 |
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]
Art lover 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]
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. [4]
A Tim Prentice kinetic sculpture is installed on the south facade. [5]
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Established | 1959 |
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Location | Greensburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Coordinates | 40°18′22″N 79°32′41″W / 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 |
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]
Art lover 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]
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. [4]
A Tim Prentice kinetic sculpture is installed on the south facade. [5]