Westmoreland Museum of American Art

The Westmoreland Museum of American Art
	The Westmoreland Museum of American Art exterior
Established	1959
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
Curator	Jeremiah William McCarthy
Architect	Ennead Architects
Employees	26
Public transit access	N Main St + Park St (Museum) WCTA
Nearest parking	On site (no charge)
Website	thewestmoreland.org

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 and Greensburg resident 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]

The museum has expanded several times, beginning with a west-wing addition in 1968.^[4] In 2015, the museum reopened after two years of major renovations to expand and modernize its facilities. The expansion added 13,287 square feet to its original 30,000, including a cantilevered wing for exhibitions.^[3]^[4]

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.^[5]

A Tim Prentice kinetic sculpture is installed on the south facade.^[6]

Selected artists represented in the permanent collection

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Board + Staff". The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ Fahlman, Betsy (2006). "Current Research on the Art of Industry Artists at Work: Imaging Place, Work, and Process". IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology. 32 (2). Society for Industrial Archeology: 55–56. JSTOR 40968738.
^ ^a ^b "Mission + History". The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
^ ^a ^b May, Mike (2015-10-29). "Curtain Rises on a Reinvented Westmoreland Museum of American Art". Pittsburgh Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-20.
^ Gerdts, William H. (1990). Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920. Vol. One. New York, NY: Abbeville Press. p. 13. ISBN 1-55859-033-1.
^ Thomas, M. (18 October 2015). "Westmoreland Museum of American Art spreads its wings". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

External links

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[staff-1] "Board + Staff". The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

[fahlman-2] Fahlman, Betsy (2006). "Current Research on the Art of Industry Artists at Work: Imaging Place, Work, and Process". IA, The Journal of the Society for Industrial Archeology. 32 (2). Society for Industrial Archeology: 55–56. JSTOR 40968738.

[history-3] "Mission + History". The Westmoreland Museum of American Art. Retrieved 21 December 2023.

[:0-4] May, Mike (2015-10-29). "Curtain Rises on a Reinvented Westmoreland Museum of American Art". Pittsburgh Magazine. Retrieved 2024-08-20.

[gerdts-5] Gerdts, William H. (1990). Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920. Vol. One. New York, NY: Abbeville Press. p. 13. ISBN 1-55859-033-1.

[ThomasWings-6] Thomas, M. (18 October 2015). "Westmoreland Museum of American Art spreads its wings". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. Retrieved 15 August 2016.

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