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Des Moines Art Center

  • Address: 4700 Grand Ave
  • Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday: 11 am - 4 pm, Thursday: 11 am - 9 pm, Saturday: 10 am - 4 pm, Sunday: Noon - 4 pm, Closed Monday, New Year's Day, Independence Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day and New Year's Eve
  • Phone: (515) 277-4405
  • Type: Congeries Repository
  • Travel Genus: Sight , Visit , Visit
  • Sight Category: Museums
  • Museum Type: Congeries Repository

Des Moines Art Center is an Fine Arts museum in the American Midwest with an emphasis on contemporary art, from artists of the 19th and 20th century. Their collection includes from Edward Hopper's Automat to Jasper Johns' Tennyson, Henri Matisse's Woman in White, Georgia O'Keeffe's From the Lake No 1 and Francis Bacon's Study after Velasquez's Portrait of Pope Innocent X. - AsNotedIn

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Objects of Art
WorkTypeCreatorAsNotedIn
Automat Painting

Timeline

Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
Y/M/D Person Association Description Composition Food Event
1945/03/22 Eliel Saarinen Architect Board of trustees commission Eliel Saarinen to design the original Des Moines Art Center building. The building utilizes a limestone cladding quarried in Wisconsin known as Lannon stone.
1948/00/00 Des Moines Art Center opens.
1966/00/00 I M Pei Architect Trustees of the Des Moines Art Center select I M Pei to design an addition to the museum. The design is to provide space for the display of monumental sculpture, with gallery heights as much as twice those of the existing building. Completed in 1968.
1985/00/00 Richard Meier Architect The third wing is completed. In 1982, 5 architects were invited to a competition to design a new wing for the Art Center. Meier's building, an extroverted sculptural form, stands in contrast to both the horizontality of Saarinen and the humility of Pei.

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Particulars for Des Moines Art Center:
Art Attribute American Art
Area of Significance Architecture
Criteria Architecture-Engineering
Historic Use Auditorium
Sight Category Building
Architectural Style International style
Museum Type Museum
Level of Significance National
Owner Private
Historic Use School
Building material Wisconsin Lannon stone



US National Registry of Historic Places Data »

Accurate at time of registration: 19th October 2004

PLACE DETAILS
Registry Name: Des Moines Art Center
Registry Address: 4700 Grand Ave.
Registry Number: 03000063
Resource Type: Building
Owner: Private
Architect: Saarinen, Eliel; Pei, I.M.
Architectural Style: International style
Area in Acres: 2
Contributing Buildings: 1
Contributing Objects: 2
Other Certification: Date received-pending nomination
Certification: Listed in the National Register
CULTURAL DETAILS
Level of Significance: National
Area of Significance: Architecture
Applicable Criteria: Architecture-Engineering
Criteria Consideration: Significance of less than fifty years
Significant Year: 1948, 1968, 1985
Historic Function: Education, Recreation and Culture
Historic Sub-Function: Museum, Auditorium, School
Current Function: Recreation and Culture, Education
Current Sub-Function: Museum School

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