Detroit Institute of Arts - Detroit, MI
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N 42° 21.542 W 083° 03.923
17T E 329911 N 4691706
Part of a three building historic district....
Waymark Code: WM12QT3
Location: Michigan, United States
Date Posted: 07/04/2020
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County of building: Wayne County
Location of building: Woodward Ave. & Farnsworth St., Detroit
Built: 1927
Architectural Style: Italian Renaissance
Architect: Paul Phillipe Cret
"The Detroit Institute of Arts, designed by Paul Phillipe Cret, opened six years after the library and closely resembles its neighbor. Cret worked with the museum's art director to create galleries of varying sizes and shapes that stimulated the viewer while at the same time providing a proper setting for the art collection. Two wings--one added in 1965, the other in 1971--provided more space for the Institute's collection, which features Impressionist paintings, American decorative arts, and Diego Rivera murals." ~ National Park Service