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MOCA Jacksonville was founded in 1924 as the Jacksonville Fine Arts Society, [2] the first organization in the Jacksonville community devoted to the visual arts. In 1948 the museum was incorporated as the Jacksonville Art Museum, and in 1978 it became the first institution in Jacksonville to be accredited by the American Alliance of Museums.
Cummer Museum of Art & Gardens. The Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens is a museum located in Jacksonville, Florida. It was founded in 1961 after the death of Ninah Cummer, who bequeathed her gardens and personal art collection to the new museum. The Cummer Museum has since expanded to include the property owned by Ninah's brother-in-law, but it ...
Burt Reynolds and Friends Museum, Jupiter [37] Civil War Soldiers Museum, Pensacola [38] Children's Science Center N. Ft. Myers. Closed in 2005. [citation needed] Cuban Museum of Arts and Culture, Miami [39][40] Dinosaur Wildlife, Spring Hill, open from 1962 to 1998.
Also designed by Marsh & Saxelbye, the Museum of Contemporary Art Jacksonville was originally built in 1931 for the Western Union Telegraph Company, and stands as one of Jacksonville's best examples of Art Deco in architecture. [29] Another example of Art Deco is the Cummer Museum of Art and Gardens. Completed in 1961, the fine arts museum was ...
1857. Operated by. City of Jacksonville. Visitors. 1 million. Status. Open all year. James Weldon Johnson Park is a 1.54-acre (6,200 m 2) public park in Downtown Jacksonville, Florida. Originally a village green, it was the first and is the oldest park in the city.
The Alexander Brest Museum and Gallery is located in the Phillips Fine Arts Building on the campus of Jacksonville University.It was named for its primary benefactor. The museum featured collections of carved ivory, Pre-Columbian artifacts, Steuben glass, Chinese porcelain, Cloisonné, Tiffany glass, and Boehm porcelain [1] as well as rotating exhibitions.
2006 New American Figurative Art. David Stern. Nicholas Straube, Thomas Williams Fine Arts, London, October 10- November 10; 2003 Skin: Contemporary Views of the Body, Jacksonville Museum of Modern Art, Jacksonville, FL, May 2-August 3(with Magdalena Abakanowicz, Tony Oursler and others) 2002-03 CorpoRealities.
The Jacksonville Children's Museum became the Jacksonville Museum of Arts and Sciences in 1977 and six years later, they were accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. The name was changed to Museum of Science and History in 1988 and 37,500 square feet (3,480 m 2 ) of space was added, including the planetarium then known as the Alexander ...