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435: 298: 795: 29: 430: 440: 392: 303: 358: 418:. Dr. and Mrs. Zimmerman left the house to the Currier Museum of Art in 1988. In 1990 it was opened to the public so that visitors could enjoy a private world from the 1950s and 1960s including the Zimmermans' unique collection of modern art, pottery, and sculpture. It is the only Wright home open to the public in New England and one of only several of his 373:
The museum closed in June 2006 for the duration of the $ 21.4 million expansion. The construction took 21 months, and the museum reopened to the public as scheduled on March 30, 2008. The addition and renovations received a 2008 Design Honor Award from the New Hampshire chapter of the
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After his third wife's death in 1915, a board of trustees was appointed to carry out the Curriers' wishes that a structure be constructed. Multiple architectural proposals were entertained and the project was not awarded until 1926 to the New York firm of
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On June 30, 2005, as part of the first phase of major renovations, a moving firm moved the historic Kennard House, formerly the location of the museum offices, from Beech Street to Pearl Street. The house was built in 1867 in the
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In September 2002, the Gallery changed its name to the Currier Museum of Art, because, in the words of its then-director, it "recognizes the Currier's true mission and clarifies our function for those less familiar with us."
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Currier's will provided for the establishment of an art museum, "for the benefit and advancement of humanity." While not an art collector himself, his funding allowed for the purchase of a great deal of art.
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The Isadore J. and Lucille Zimmerman House was built in 1950. Wright designed the house, the interiors, all the furniture, the gardens, and even the mailbox. In 1979, the building was listed in the
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Upon his death in 2001, trustee Henry Melville Fuller left the Currier Museum $ 43 million, half designated for the art purchase fund. In 2012, the acquisition budget was at around $ 35 million.
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In 2019, the Currier Museum of Art acquired Kalil House, a second private residence in Manchester designed by Wright, for $ 970,000. The 1,400-sq.-ft. Kalil House is one of just seven
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Automatic glass-and-concrete houses sketched out by the architect. It consists of two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen and the L-shaped living room with a dining area.
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National Register of Historic Places listings in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire
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Illustrations and floor plan from the 1920 proposal for the original museum by
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style, and was home to several of the city's wealthy industrialists.
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Francestown Town Hall and Academy and Town Common Historic District
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New Hampshire museum acquires a rare house by Frank Lloyd Wright
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Institutions accredited by the American Alliance of Museums
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Sainte Marie Roman Catholic Church Parish Historic District
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In 1982, new pavilions, designed by the New York firm
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Manchester
New Hampshire
Coordinates
42°59′52″N 71°27′21″W / 42.99778°N 71.45583°W / 42.99778; -71.45583
Art museum
www.currier.org
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
79000199
museum
Manchester, New Hampshire
Picasso
Matisse
Monet
O'Keeffe
Calder
Scheier and Goldsmith
John Singer Sargent
Frank Lloyd Wright
Andrew Wyeth
house museums
Zimmerman House
Toufic H. Kalil House
Frank Lloyd Wright
Moody Currier
Hannah Slade Currier


Moody
Hannah Slade

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