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Weisman Art Museum and its collection
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The Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum is an art museum at the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota . Founded in 1934 as University Gallery, the museum was originally housed in an upper floor of the University's Northrop Auditorium . In 1993, the museum moved to its current building, designed by the Canadian-born American architect Frank Gehry , and renamed in honor of art collector and philanthropist Frederick R. Weisman. Widely known as a "modern art museum," its 20,000+ acquisitions include large collections of Marsden Hartley , Alfred Maurer , Charles Biederman , Native American Mimbres pottery , and traditional Korean furniture.
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