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An Apollonaut travel guide
Moments in a longer story.
Selected milestones in the history of the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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Founding, buildings and collection
These dates describe the place you can learn about here. They are not a company timeline for Apollonaut.
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1914
The Whitney Studio Club
Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney opens the Whitney Studio Club on West 8th Street.
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1930
A museum is founded
She founds the Whitney Museum of American Art.
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18 November 1931
The museum opens
The museum opens in three converted row houses on West 8th Street, with Juliana Force as director.
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1954
A move to 54th Street
The museum moves to a small building on 54th Street, behind The Museum of Modern Art.
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1966
Madison Avenue
The museum opens in Marcel Breuer and Hamilton P. Smith’s building at 945 Madison Avenue.
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1 May 2015
Gansevoort Street
Renzo Piano’s building opens at the southern entrance to the High Line.
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