museum salem oregon united_states largest art museum oregon opened facility street downtown salem western edge school campus exhibits collections art historical artifacts focus oregon related pieces art artists square feet facility museum hosts traveling exhibits galleries history prior creation previously collected pieces art donated university collections housed museum located fourth floor hall museum moved second floor gymnasium time museum collection included birds documents minerals wood specimens shells plant specimens native american artifacts school received donation pieces ancient european middle eastern asian art family alumnus suggested art faculty member school museum display university art collection presentation school trustees push creation art museum years plans developed donations led purchase building near campus museum large donation came allowed purchase forward museum officially opened pieces art second largest art museum state time museum named fine arts venue art gallery local region residents facility received certificate award named best art gallery oregon mid valley region attendance museum approximately year operation increased people year july museum began project add storage basement areas room studying prints completed december funding coming donation given american grant grant helped fund exhibit entitled art ceremony tribal ceremonies native american tribes oregon museum introduced breath heaven breath earth exhibit billed ambitious exhibit building building housing museum built international style building contains square feet floors ground designed local architect building owned purchased university building design coming oregon building opened october story gallery curves located interior space marble panels enclosed garden exterior additionally brick faced structure exterior constructed slate total galleries museum permanent collections galleries traveling exhibits colored panels added narrow second floor windows order provide color exterior measuring inches high inches wide panels illuminated interior collections diverse collection art cultures eras exhibition galleries contain artwork different sculptures paintings prints artwork includes native american art european paintings american art contemporary art museum features local art artists tribes grand gallery contains native american tribes pacific_northwest pieces acquired 1940s museum contains holds variety work including work faculty members galleries museum include exhibits traveling collections general collections gallery displays asian european artwork shows small temporary collections exhibits prints photographs holds paintings german landscape painter morning washington acquired museum pieces art include egyptian art korean art african art indian art dutch artist museum houses collection photograph glass salem area early twentieth century member museum million past exhibits seattle painter works featured museum displayed retrospective portland artist museum held featuring work oregon painter exhibits included shows parsons artists hosted traveling exhibits egyptian art stops eternal thread exhibit exhibited collection ancient glass work displayed exhibit ancient roman greek artifacts namesake founders graduated oklahoma moved oregon graduation ford trustee wife built oregon beginning later started foundation grow ford died june age
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