Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art - Eugene, OR
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N 44° 02.654 W 123° 04.643
10T E 493799 N 4876788
The University of Oregon Art museum rename the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art after a remodel in
Waymark Code: WM8P4W
Location: Oregon, United States
Date Posted: 04/26/2010
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"The University of Oregon’s art museum opened its doors to the public on June 10, 1933. Designed by Ellis F. Lawrence, UO dean of the School of Architecture & Allied Arts (1914-1946), the museum was built to house the Murray Warner Collection of Oriental Art—more than 3,000 objects given to the University by Gertrude Bass Warner in 1921 as a memorial to her late husband. The original collection primarily represented the cultures of China and Japan. Also included were works from Korea, Mongolia, Cambodia and Russia, as well as American and British pieces influenced by Asian art and culture."
"In the 1990s university leaders and museum board members launched the Museum Campaign. The UO’s art museum broke ground for its long awaited and much anticipated project in October 2002. With its new name – Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art – in recognition of its major donor, the museum reopened in 2005." Text Source: Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art, History page