Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art

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The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art is the oldest continuously operating public art museum in the United States, renowned for its extensive collections of European Baroque art, American art, and contemporary works.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf art museum
cultural institution
public museum
architecturalStyle Gothic Revival
collectionFocus American art
American painting
European Baroque art
European painting
ancient art
contemporary art
decorative arts
modern art
sculpture
works on paper
collectionSize approximately 50,000 works of art
country United States
foundedBy Daniel Wadsworth
foundedFor public education in the arts
hasCollection African art collection
American decorative arts collection
American paintings collection
Asian art collection
European decorative arts collection
European paintings collection
ancient Mediterranean art collection
contemporary art collection
prints and drawings collection
hasPart Austin House
Avery Memorial Building
Colt Memorial
Goodwin Building
Morgan Memorial Building
heritageDesignation oldest continuously operating public art museum in the United States
inception 1842
locatedIn Hartford, Connecticut NERFINISHED
downtown Hartford
namedAfter Daniel Wadsworth
notableFor European Baroque paintings
Hudson River School paintings
early American modernism
surrealist art
offers educational programs
guided tours
public lectures
temporary exhibitions
opened 1844
operatedBy Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Inc.
ownedBy City of Hartford
state Connecticut

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Greater Hartford
containsCulturalInstitution
Hartford ("Wadsworth Atheneum")
hasCulturalInstitution
Hartford, Connecticut, United States
hasLandmark
Alexander Jackson Davis ("Wadsworth Atheneum")
notableWork
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art ("Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Inc.")
operatedBy

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