June 1: America's First Public Art Museum

Middletown CT

01 June, 2021

2:51 PM

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Today in 1842, Connecticut governor Chauncey Cleveland signed an act formally incorporating the Wadsworth Atheneum, creating the first public art museum in the United States. Construction immediately began on the iconic, castle-like building in Hartford that remains the centerpiece and most recognizable feature of the Atheneum campus, and the institution officially opened two years later. CLICK HERE FOR THE WHOLE STORY!