Delaware Art Museum

Delaware Art Museum
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Established1912
Location2301 Kentmere Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19806, USA 302.571.9590
Coordinates39°45′55″N 75°33′54″W / 39.76528°N 75.56500°W / 39.76528; -75.56500
TypeArt museum
DirectorMolly Giordano
CuratorHeather Campbell Coyle
Public transit accessBus transport DART First State bus: 10
Websitewww.delart.org
Mary Magdalene by Frederick Sandys, c. 1858–1860

The Delaware Art Museum is an art museum located on the Kentmere Parkway in Wilmington, Delaware, which holds a collection of more than 12,000 objects. The museum was founded in 1912 as the Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts in honor of the artist Howard Pyle.[1][2] The collection focuses on American art and illustration from the 19th to the 21st century, and on the English Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood movement of the mid-19th century.

The museum building was expanded and renovated in 2005 and includes a 9-acre (36,000 m2) Sculpture Park, the Helen Farr Sloan Library and Archives, studio art classes, a children's learning area, as well as a cafe and museum store.

  1. ^ Soulsman; Betsy Rice (November 13, 2011). "Art museum marks a century of culture". The News Journal (Wilmington).
  2. ^ Holme, Charles; Eglinton; Boswell, Peyton; McCormick, William Bernard; Whigham, Henry James, Guy (July 1916), The International Studio, vol. 59 (233 ed.), New York: John Lane Company, p. LXXX{{citation}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

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