The Katonah Museum of Art is a non-collecting institution geared towards

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, located in

Katonah Katonah is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) within the town of Bedford, Westchester County, in the U.S. state of New York. The Katonah CDP had a population of 1,679 at the 2010 census. History Katonah is named for Chief Katonah, an ...

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. It does not have a permanent collection, but holds temporary exhibitions. The museum was founded in 1953, in one room at the local library. In 1990 it moved to a separate building, designed by

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. The cost of the new building was $5.3 million. In 1993

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said that the museum had 50,000 visitors a year. The museum uses the services of volunteers.

Directors

At the time of moving to the new building in 1990, George G. King was the director of the museum. He was succeeded by Susan H. Edwards in 1998. In 2022, Michael Gitlitz was reported to have been the museum's Executive Director until 2021.

Leslie Griesbach Schultz Leslie may refer to: * Leslie (name), a name and list of people with the given name or surname, including fictional characters Families * Clan Leslie, a Scottish clan with the motto "grip fast" * Leslie (Russian nobility), a Russian noble family ...

was Interim Executive Director from 2021 to 2022. Michelle Yun Mapplethorpe was appointed as Executive Director in 2022.

References

External links

Museum's website
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