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Mission statement
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Tacoma Art Museum connects people and builds community through art.
The museum serves the diverse communities of the region through its collection, exhibitions, and learning programs, emphasizing art and artists from the Northwest. The museum’s five galleries display an array of major national shows, the best of Northwest art, creatively themed exhibitions, and historical retrospectives. In addition, there is an Education Wing for children, adults, and seniors with an art resource center, classroom, and studio for art making. Tacoma Art Museum is located in Tacoma’s Museum District, near the Museum of Glass, the Washington State History Museum, and historic Union Station.
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Institution facts
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Tacoma Art Museum was started by a group of volunteers in 1935 and has since grown to become a national model for regional, mid-sized museums. The museum is dedicated to showcasing and collecting Northwest art, with the mission of connecting people through art. The museum’s permanent collection includes the premier collection of glass artist Dale Chihuly's work on permanent public display.
Tacoma Art Museum opened its new facility on May 3, 2003, when it moved from a former bank building that was built in 1920. Nearly twice the size of its previous building, Tacoma Art Museum’s $22-million Antoine Predock-designed structure provides the space to exhibit more of its extensive permanent collection and the prestige to draw top traveling exhibitions. Its exterior reflects the neighboring industrial buildings, Mount Rainier, the Thea Foss Waterway, and the surrounding museums and attractions that now mark Tacoma’s Museum District.
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Hours
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Tuesday – Saturday 10am – 5pm
Third Thursdays 10am – 8pm
Sunday 12 – 5pm
Open Mondays in the summer, Memorial Day through Labor Day.
Closed Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year's Day,
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Current:
Veiled Northwest: Photographs by Mary Randlett
September 1, 2007 – May 18, 2008
Renoir as Printmaker: The Complete Works, 1878-1912
January 19 - June 29, 2008
A Couple of Ways of Doing Something: Photographs by Chuck Close, Poems by
Bob Holman
March 1 – June 15, 2008
Telling Stories: Selections from the Permanent Collection
October 14, 2006 - Autumn 2008
Dale Chihuly Collection
Permanent installation - Always on View |
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Upcoming:
2008 Neddy Artist Fellowship
May 31 - August 24, 2008
Forty-Party Motet by Janet Cardiff
June 28 - September 7, 2008
Illuminating the Word: The Saint John’s Bible
July 12 – September 7, 2008
What Is a Trade? Donald Fels and Signboard Painters of South India
September 13 - December 14, 2008
Oasis: Western Dreams of the Ottoman Empire from the Dahesh Museum of Art
September 18, 2008 - January 4, 2009 |
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AAM accredited institution
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