Stolen vs Loaned Art

CMA History

After years of planning The Cleveland Museum of Art was founded in 1913 but opened June 6th 1916 after a group of people, Hinman B. Hurlbut, John Huntington, and Horace Kelley, donated money specifically for an art museum. Jeptha H. Wade II also helped donate and in the process the Wade park property was donated to the Cleveland Museum of Art. "William M. Milliken served as the museum’s second director from 1930 to 1958. During his tenure the museum continued to prosper, particularly during the 1940s and 1950s, when a series of large bequests, including the Rogers Bequest and the Severance Fund, allowed the purchase of significant works that established the museum’s international reputation" (clevelandart.org). The Cleveland Museum of Art also recently celebrated its centennial in 2016 and extended the current directors contract to 2024. 

 

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