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Art Complex Museum
Arts center in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Art Complex Museum, located in Duxbury, Massachusetts, 33 miles (53 km) south of Boston, serves as a regional arts center and houses the collection of Carl A. Weyerhaeuser (1901-1996) and his wife Edith Greenleaf Weyerhaeuser (1912-2000).[1] The museum is free and open to the public, with support from the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Family Charitable Trusts and friends of the museum.[2]
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Description
The museum, situated on over 13 acres (5.3 ha) of woodland and open fields, opened in 1971.[3] The master site planning was done by G2 Collaborative, of Waltham, Massachusetts.[4] Works of sculpture are displayed on the grounds.[5]
The museum features a gallery for rotating objects from the permanent collection, as well as temporary exhibition spaces that feature painting, sculpture, prints, and craft objects created by contemporary artists. A permanent Founders Room gallery portrays the background of Weyerhaeuser, his collection, and the building of the museum.[6] The building also houses a reference library with over 5,000 publications.[3]
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Tea hut
A Japanese tea hut located on the site is used for formal Japanese tea ceremonies several times per year, which may be observed by the public.[7]
See also
- Ture Bengtz, founding museum director
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