New Orleans Museum of Art celebrates 100 by saluting donors
When the New Orleans Museum of Art opened its doors 100 years ago thanks to a $150,000 donation offered by a local businessman to build a "temple of art for rich and poor alike," it owned only 11 pictures and a small collection of other objects.
Now, thanks to the donations of others over the years, NOMA has more than 35,000 pieces in its permanent collection...
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