Honolulu Museum of Art

The Honolulu Museum of Art
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Established1922
Location900 South Beretania Street (between Ward and Victoria Streets), Honolulu, Hawaii
DirectorHalona Norton-Westbrook
Websitewww.honolulumuseum.org
Honolulu Academy of Arts
Honolulu Museum of Art is located in Hawaii
Honolulu Museum of Art
Location900 S. Beretania St.,
Honolulu, Hawaii
Coordinates21°18′14″N 157°50′55″W / 21.30389°N 157.84861°W / 21.30389; -157.84861
Built1927
ArchitectBertram Goodhue
Architectural styleHawaiian
NRHP reference No.72000415[1]
Added to NRHPMarch 25, 1972
HoMA's Impressionism gallery

The Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts) is an art museum in Honolulu, Hawaiʻi. The museum is the largest of its kind in the state, and was founded in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke. The museum has one of the largest single collections of Asian and Pan-Pacific art in the United States, and since its official opening on April 8, 1927, its collections have grown to more than 55,000[2] works of art.[3]

  1. ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  2. ^ "Refining and Reimagining a Collection". Hawaii Business. August 27, 2021.
  3. ^ Ellis, George R., "Statement by George R. Ellis", Orientations, Dec. 1999, p. 30