Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney Museum of American Art is an art museum at 945 Madison Avenue, Manhattan. It was founded by sculptor Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in 1930, the direct result of the Metropolitan Museum of Art rejecting her collection of artwork by living artists such as George Bellows and Edward Hooper.

The Whitney Museum of American Art exhibits 20th and 21st century American art. Initially, it was housed behind Whitney's studio in Greenwich Village. It moved to its presented site in 1966.

Whitney Museum of American Art, New York City
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The museum is housed in a building shaped like an upside-down pyramid. It was designed by Marcel Breuer. There is also a midtown branch located within the Philip Morris Building.

The works by Calder, O'Keeffe and Hopper are some of the permanent collections exhibited at the Leonard and Evelyn Lauder galleries on the 5th floor of the museum. At lobby level are changing exhibits while the 2nd, 3rd and 4th levels exhibit artwork such as Edward Hooper's Early Sunday Morning, Alexander Calder's sculpture Circus and other works.

How to reach the Whitney Museum of American Art

Take the No. 6 subway train to the 77th Street station.

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