Honolulu Museum of Art
The Honolulu Museum of Art is one of the most important and extensive museums in the United States . It is divided into a historical and a contemporary museum; both buildings are located in the capital of the state of Hawaii on the island of Oahu .
history
The museum developed from the private art collection of the couple Charles Montague Cooke (1849-1909), a successful businessman in various fields, and Anna Rice Cooke (1853-1934). It was founded in 1922 by the widow and her daughters and opened in 1927. As a result of donations from other patrons, the museum's collections grew enormously in the period that followed and had to be divided between different buildings.
Contemporary Museum
The Contemporary Museum is located in the historic private building of Spalding House from 1925. It was converted into a museum for contemporary art in 1986 and opened in 1988; a branch is located in the high-rise building of the First Hawaiian Center . In 2011 the museum became part of the Honolulu Museum of Art .
Collections
The collections, which cover almost the entire spectrum of world art, now consist of more than 50,000 individual items, of which only a small part can be exhibited. A large part of the exhibits are all kinds of handicrafts .
Mithuna , India (around 550)
Guanyin , China
(around 1025)Carlo Saraceni - Mary with Child, St. Anna and Angel (1608)
Jan Philip van Thielen - Still Life with Flowers
(around 1660)Amedeo Modigliani - Seated Woman (1918)
Terracotta - urn , Etruscan
(. 600 BC.)Xipe Totec , Veracruz
(around 500 AD)star-shaped tile with seated woman, Kashan , Iran (13th century)
Mask with basket hat, Borneo (19th century)
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Coordinates: 21 ° 18 ′ 25 ″ N , 157 ° 51 ′ 5 ″ W.