Huntington Museum of Art

Huntington Museum of Art
Huntington Museum of Art
Huntington Museum of Art
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Established1947 (1947); opened 1952
Location2033 McCoy Road
Huntington, West Virginia
Coordinates38°23′35″N 82°26′2″W / 38.39306°N 82.43389°W / 38.39306; -82.43389
TypeArt museum
Visitors50,000+ annually
CuratorJohn Farley
Websitewww.hmoa.org
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The Huntington Museum of Art is a nationally accredited art museum located in the Park Hills neighborhood above Ritter Park in Huntington, West Virginia. Housed on over 50 acres of land and occupying almost 60,000 square feet, it is the largest art museum in the state of West Virginia. The museum's campus is home to nature trails and the C. Fred Edwards Conservatory, a subtropical and tropical plant conservatory. The museum's collection includes American and European paintings, sculptures, prints, and drawings, as well as glass pieces manufactured in West Virginia and the Ohio Valley, American folk art, Chinese and Japanese decorative objects, Haitian art, firearms, and decorative arts from the Near East. In addition to its permanent collections, the museum hosts traveling exhibitions and houses the James D. Francis Art Research Library, the Grace Rardin Doherty Auditorium, and five art studios where artists in residence are periodically hosted and classes are held. The Huntington Museum of Art holds one of the largest collections of art in the state of West Virginia.[1][2]

  1. ^ Gillispie, John (11 October 2010). "Huntington Museum of Art". e-WV: The West Virginia Encyclopedia. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  2. ^ "Huntington Museum of Art". HMOA.org. Retrieved 10 December 2015.

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