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783: 948: 902: 27: 363: 936: 877:. Three years later, AIHA held its first Museum Ball and Contemporary Art Auction to raise money for a new Contemporary Collections Fund. The acquisitions it made possible have more than doubled the museum's collections in that area. That year the museum also began a decade-long project to document and better catalog its holdings in order to make them more accessible for researchers as well as the public, part of Miles' effort to position the museum for the upcoming century. In 1990 the City Neighbors project, designed to promote understanding of the people of Albany, produced its first exhibit, a collection devoted to the black experience in the city. 512: 1622: 693: 1162: 1070: 2128: 1148: 2148: 2138: 1629: 1120: 1106: 1527: 1134: 725:, became president in 1857 and reoriented the society toward the public rather than the interests of its members. Ten years later, in 1867, the Institute donated its science and natural-history collections to the state Cabinet of Natural History, a predecessor of the state museum. Later it would donate its geological collection. 355:
property from Washington. In the middle of it is a tall modern stone entryway with two pillars of blocks similar to those on the Rice Building supporting a modern steel and glass hood. The larger main building occupies the northeast corner, with a large parking lot in the northwest. Between the two is a modern
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everywhere except the middle two bays of the east side where they are single. They have plain stone sills and splayed-brick lintels with each splaying multiple bricks long. Another continuous stone belt course serves as the baseline for the attic windows; one-over-one like the ones below but shorter.
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AIHA has over 20,000 objects in its permanent collections, including 1600 paintings, 1100 drawings, 4000 prints, 600 sculptures, 500 pieces of furniture, 1200 ceramics, 4000 pieces of clothing and accessories, and 5450 other historical artifacts. Its library collections house 140,000 printed volumes
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Celebrations of the city's bicentennial in 1886 included an exhibit at the Albany Academy of historical relics and art from the private collections of many socially prominent Albany families. The Albany Historical and Art Society (AHAS) was established afterward to maintain the collection and find a
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In 1956 he was in turn succeeded by Janet McFarlane, who was at the time one of only seven women serving as a museum director in the U.S. Five years later, the museum's Women's Council, which has since become a major fundraiser and source of volunteers, was founded. A year after curator Norman Rice
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in 1924. The newspaper and pamphlet collections were donated to the state museum shortyl afterwards. Two years later, it shortened its name to the "more symmetrical" Albany Institute of History & Art." This coincided with the beginning of an effort to make the collections more accessible to the
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From its beginnings as a learned society that advised the state legislature on how to improve agricultural production, the Institute has evolved into a regional art museum. Twice in the 19th century it went into serious decline, revived by a change in direction. In the later 20th century it finally
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The Albany Institute of History & Art is open from Wednesday to Saturday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Sunday from 12:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Admission costs $ 10.00 for adults, $ 8.00 for senior citizens and students, and $ 6.00 for children aged six to twelve (those under
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In 1819, New York became the first state to establish a government agency devoted to agriculture when the legislature created the Board of Agriculture. The state no longer needed the Society, and withdrew its funding. Many of the founding members had grown older or, like Livingston, died, and the
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When Albany was permanently designated as the state capital in 1796, the Society moved with it. It met in the former City Hall at first. In 1804, as its original charter expired, it was renamed the Society for the Promotion of the Useful Arts. Livingston continued to serve as president. Ten years
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The Rice Building sits on the southwest corner of the institute lot, on the intersection of Washington and Dove. To its east is a small lawn with mature trees and a walkway from the connecting building to the street, and a modern sculpture. A low metal railing on a stepped stone base sets off the
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In 1900, the AHAS and the Albany Institute merged, becoming the Albany Institute and Historical and Art Society. Local judge William Learned Shaw became the combined organization's first president. Four years later it bought the property on which the main building stands. In 1907 the
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By 1897 AHAS had raised enough money to buy a State Street building, on which it built an addition to house all its works. The following year it absorbed the collection of the Albany Gallery of Fine Art, which had been opened in 1846 and closed within a decade due to declining
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The museum facilities needed to be redesigned, and in 1994 a local architect, Solomon + Bauer, was commissioned for the work. The following year the museum's trustees voted to raise $ 10 million, later increased to $ 12.5 million, toward the effort. Sculptor
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Hatch's assistant Robert Wheeler took over in 1948. He instituted a policy that new acquisitions be from the region or have some connection to it. With that in place, he created special exhibitions devoted to regional work and renovated the galleries.
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main building by local architect Albert Fuller that complements the institute's. Across Washington are some smaller commercial buildings. On the southwest corner of the intersection is another Fuller brick Classical Revival building, the former
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at the main entrance to a large hall in the north just south of the auditorium wing. Double staircases from the foyer go to the second floor, which has a similar plan but without access to the auditorium wing. Some entrances are decorated with
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limited the Institute's publications. During this time it continued to collect scientific specimens, accumulating more than 15,000, and started the state Natural History Survey, both activities that led to the establishment of the
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building was laid, and the building was completed the following year. Mayor Charles Henry Gaus described it as "the capstone of educational development in our city". Its first exhibit, in 1909, was devoted to the tricentennial of
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The merged organization became known as the Albany Institute, with a membership of over a hundred. At its meetings over the next few years many scholarly papers were presented in advance of their eventual publication. In 1829
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in 1976. At the beginning of the 21st century, the institute completed an extensive renovation in which the entrance building was constructed and new climate-controlled storage space for the collections was built.
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for use both as offices and gallery space. As director, Rice would head an acquisition effort that grew the special collections to over a million items before he stepped down in 1986.
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Van Rensselaer's death in 1839 was another setback for the Institute. Its functions were also duplicated by newer institutions, particularly colleges and universities such as
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began a 20-year tenure as director in 1967, the Rice family donated their old house on the corner, expanded sympathetically in 1940, to the museum. It renovated the 1895
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The Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts and Manufactures, the earliest predecessor organization to today's AIHA, was established in New York City in 1791 as a
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The north wing has a similar treatment to the main block but is more restrained. It lacks the upper belt course and corner carvings. In its place is a plain stone
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had worked there before beginning his artistic career. The gallery's holdings had been kept in trust by the city's Young Men's Association ever since.
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and the library's built-in bookcases. A stairway with iron balustrade goes up to the third floor. The marble in the bathroom is also original.
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to the city for lectures and demonstrations, and hosted an exhibit of contemporary regional art in honor of the 250th anniversary of the city
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A decorative stone carving replaces the corner quoins above the course. Above the windows the roofline is marked by an elaborate cornice with
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porch on the three northern bays serving what is now the main entrance; the original main entry on the opposite side has been bricked in.
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of the next decade, helping establish the institute as a regional museum. It started the Print Club of Albany, bringing nationally known
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to the Institute. Its collections of animal, vegetable and mineral specimens from state surveys eventually became the foundations of the
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with green metal cladding and a flat central tower is above. On the south side, the main entrance is located in a projecting octagonal
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It was rejuvenated by a merger with the Albany Lyceum of Natural History, a year after that organization was founded in 1823 with
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was the first major 20th-century retrospective of his work. In 1945, "The Negro Artist Comes of Age", featured the work of 45
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and 85,000 photographs. To supplement its permanent exhibits, the institute hosts a number of traveling exhibitions yearly.
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across the street from it. North of the institute, across Elk, is a large parking lot with the small Sheridan Park beyond.
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devoted to the natural sciences, and for a time it was the state legislature's informal advisory body on agriculture.
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south of Washington, towers over the block from the southeast where it faces the capitol. A block to the west is the
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South elevation and east profile of Rice Building; south profile of entrance building and main building, 2011
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Between 1834 and 1837, attendance declined at meetings due to the excessive output of the Institute's chief
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The institute's three-building complex includes the late 19th-century Rice Building, the only freestanding
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to take over as AIHA director. He began a series of exhibits of major regional artists. One devoted to
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There are rectangular windows in the exposed basement wall. The first floor has round segmental-arched
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Several other institutions have merged over time to become today's Albany Institute. The earliest were
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public. Those outreach programs, such as tours, school trips and performances, continued through the
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and the museum closed in 1999, moving to temporary quarters on State Street. It reopened in 2001.
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corners topped by a flat roof. A slightly lower three-by-three-bay wing extends from the north
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and donated to the institute by one of its former benefactors. Its main building is a 1920s
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Inside many of the original finishes remain. They include salons with decorative wall art,
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Inside the building a large main hallway, with exhibit halls on either side, runs from the
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is open on Thursdays from 1:00 to 4:30 p.m. and by appointment. The museum has a
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then serving in Congress. The members of the Lyceum were younger, and focused on the
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The permanent exhibits are located on two floors of the museum's original building.
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John V.L. Pruyn, who revived the Institute as its president in the mid-19th century
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later, it established a Fine Arts Committee. Among its members were architect
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To clear more space for exhibits, the institute donated some of its books a
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of the Institute's natural-history department, delivered his first paper on
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Traders and Culture: Colonial Albany and the Formation of American Identity
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Poster for 1938 exhibition of contemporary regional artists sponsored by
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As the next decade dawned and war began, John Davis Hatch came from the
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in 1936. The latter event led to a continuing commitment in that area.
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permanent home for it. Its membership approached nearly 1,200.
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Sense of Place: 18th and 19th Century Paintings and Sculpture
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Christine Miles took over from him after having directed the
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of large stone blocks with steel and glass on both sides.
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interested in many areas besides the natural sciences.
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The Institute was again revived in 1851, when the new
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The main building is a two-story brick structure with
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Articles on the Albany Institute of History & Art
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Robert R. Livingston, the institute's first president
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The second story has double one-over-one double-hung
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From left to right, a yellow brick building with a flat roof; a steel, concrete and glass connector, and another brick building with a large tree and lawn in front, seen from across a city street.
Albany
New York
Coordinates
42°39′21″N 73°45′37″W / 42.655774°N 73.760372°W / 42.655774; -73.760372
albanyinstitute.org
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Richard Morris Hunt
Marcus T. Reynolds
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Albany
Hudson Valley
New York State Route 5
United States
learned societies
Robert R. Livingston
Joseph Henry
electromagnetism
New York State Museum
humanities
Beaux-Arts
Richard Morris Hunt
Classical Revival
Marcus T. Reynolds
connects the two
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University Club of Albany
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