Philbrook Museum of Art
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Philbrook Museum of Art's commitment to Native American art and culture dates to the very founding of the museum. Since opening in 1939, Philbrook has collected, exhibited and published historical and contemporary Native American works, supported by a range of educational public programs. The first objects acquired by the museum came from Waite Phillips, whose personal commitment to Native culture was reflected in the observation: "Oil fortunes were made out of Indian lands. I have a deep feeling of gratitude to the American Indian and I want to see his culture preserved." Following in that tradition, major private collections have enriched and expanded the holdings of the museum over the years.
The Philbrook Museum of Art realizes the human potential through art by stimulating imagination, thought, creativity, and community development.
Announced July 17, 2007, the Philbrook Museum of Art and the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art at the University of Oklahoma have been jointly selected to receive the Eugene B. Adkins Collection of art.
The joint partnership by Philbrook and OU was among many proposals submitted by leading museums across the country.
The Adkins Collection, valued at approximately $50 million, is among the most important private collections in the nation of works by the Taos artists as well as Native American works of art. It includes more than 3,300 objects in a number of categories, including 1,100 two-dimensional works, 370 pieces of pottery, over 1,600 examples of jewelry and silverwork, and nearly 250 pieces of other Native arts.
The Adkins Collection will complement the already outstanding collections held by the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, including those acquired within the past 12 years: the Weitzenhoffer Collection of French Impressionism; the Richard H. and Adeline J. Fleischaker Collections, the museum's first major collection of Taos art; the Thams Collection of Southwestern masterpieces; the Tate Collection of masterworks by the Taos Society of Artists; and the R.E. Mansfield Collection by some of the world's most celebrated Native American artists.
Location: Tulsa, Oklahoma Website: http://www.philbrook.org/