Busch–Reisinger Museum
| Harvard Art Museums/Busch-Reisinger Museum | |
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| Established | 1903 |
| Location | Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| Director | Thomas W. Lentz |
| Website | harvardartmuseums.org |
The Busch-Reisinger Museum, opened to the public in 1903, is one of two museums in North America dedicated to the study of art from the German-speaking countries of Europe. The other museum is the Neue Galerie, located in New York City. The Busch-Reisinger joins the Fogg Museum and the Arthur M. Sackler Museum as part of the Harvard Art Museums.
From 1921-1991, the Busch-Reisinger was located in Adolphus Busch Hall at 29 Kirkland Street. The hall continues to house the Busch-Reisinger's founding collection of medieval plaster casts and an exhibition on the history of the Busch-Reisinger Museum; it also hosts concerts on its world-renowned Flentrop pipe organ. In 1991, the Busch-Reisinger moved to the new Werner Otto Hall, designed by Gwathmey Siegel & Associates, at 32 Quincy Street.
In 2008, Otto Hall closed and is being demolished as part of a major renovation project to create a new museum building designed by architect Renzo Piano that will house all three museums one facility.[1] During the renovation, selected works from all three museums are on display at the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, located at 485 Broadway.
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[edit] Collection
The Busch-Reisinger's holdings include Vienna Secession art, German Expressionism, 1920s abstract art, and material related to the Bauhaus. Other strengths include late medieval sculpture and 18th-century art. The museum also holds noteworthy postwar and contemporary art from German-speaking Europe, including works by Georg Baselitz, Anselm Kiefer, Gerhard Richter, and one of the world's most comprehensive collections of works by Joseph Beuys. Many of the works in the Busch-Reisinger collection can be accessed as part of the Harvard Art Museums' online Collection Search, which features 250,000 works of art.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Harvard Art Museums website
- Fogg Museum website
- Busch-Reisinger Museum website
- Arthur M. Sackler Museum website
- Archaeological Exploration of Sardis, Turkey website
- Center for the Technical Study of Modern Art website
- Harvard Art Museums Archives website
- The Straus Center for Conservation and Technical Studies website
- Harvard Art Museums Collection Search website
- Harvard University website
[edit] References
- ^ "Harvard Art Museums: Renovation". Harvard Art Museums. Archived from the original on 2011-11-29. http://www.webcitation.org/63YVvTuiz. Retrieved 2011-11-29.
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