Toledo Museum of Art

Toledo Museum of Art
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Established1901
Location2445 Monroe Street
Toledo, Ohio
Coordinates41°39′30″N 83°33′34″W / 41.65833°N 83.55944°W / 41.65833; -83.55944
Visitors383,685 (2019)[1]
DirectorAdam M. Levine[2]
Public transit accessTARTA
Websitewww.toledomuseum.org

The Toledo Museum of Art is an internationally known art museum located in the Old West End neighborhood of Toledo, Ohio. It houses a collection of more than 30,000 objects.[3] With 45 galleries, it covers 280,000 square feet and is currently in the midst of a massive multiyear expansion plan to its 40-acre campus. The museum was founded by Toledo glassmaker Edward Drummond Libbey in 1901, and moved to its current location, a Greek revival building designed by Edward B. Green and Harry W. Wachter, in 1912.[4] The main building was expanded twice, in the 1920s and 1930s.[5] Other buildings were added in the 1990s and 2006. The museum's main building consists of 4 1/2 acres of floor space on two levels. Features include fifteen classroom studios, a 1,750-seat Peristyle concert hall, a 176-seat lecture hall, a café and gift shop.[6] The museum averages some 380,000 visitors per year[1] and, in 2010, was voted America's favorite museum by the readers of the visual arts website Modern Art Notes.[7]

The Toledo Museum of Art's eleventh and current director is Adam M. Levine.[8]

  1. ^ a b "2019 Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  2. ^ "Our Team". The Toledo Museum of Art. July 28, 2017. Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  3. ^ "About". Toledo Museum of Art. July 13, 2017.
  4. ^ "Historic Date Observed Jan. 17 at Toledo Museum of Art" (PDF). The Toledo Museum of Art. January 5, 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 10, 2012. Retrieved January 17, 2012. The Museum's iconic building […] at 2445 Monroe St. opened to the public for the first time […] on Jan. 17, 1912.
  5. ^ Putney, Richard: "Medieval Art, Medieval People", pages 5-7. Toledo Museum of Art, 2002.
  6. ^ Bintz, Carol; Bernard, Paul (Winter 2014). "The Art of High Efficiency" (PDF). High Performing Buildings. Retrieved September 3, 2021.
  7. ^ "2010 Annual Report" (PDF). Retrieved August 22, 2020.
  8. ^ "Adam Levine takes the helm of TMA amid a pandemic". Toledo Blade. May 2, 2020. Retrieved May 2, 2020.