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The Saint Louis Art Museum is one of the principal U.S. art museums, with paintings, sculptures, cultural objects, and ancient masterpieces from all corners of the world. Its three-story building stands in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri, where it is visited by up to a half million people every year. Admission is free through a subsidy from the cultural tax district for St. Louis City and County.〔Saint Louis Art Museum Visitor Guide (2007)〕 In addition to the featured exhibitions, the museum offers rotating exhibitions and installations. These include the ''Currents'' series, which features contemporary artists, as well as regular exhibitions of new media art and works on paper.〔 ==History== The museum was founded in 1881 as the Saint Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts, an independent entity within Washington University in St. Louis, housed in a downtown building.〔''Saint Louis Art Museum Handbook of the Collection'' (2004), p. 8〕 The museum moved after the 1904 World's Fair, also known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, to the Palace of Fine Arts, built for the fair from 1902 to 1903. The building was designed by architect Cass Gilbert, who took inspiration from the Baths of Caracalla in Rome, Italy.〔''Saint Louis Art Museum, An Architectural History'' (1987), p. 8〕 The Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum remained part of Washington University. The university collection would remain "on loan" to the public museum until 1960. In 1908, the museum's first director, Halsey Cooley Ives, arranged for a municipal tax to support the museum.〔Stevens, Walter B. Page 30〕 The following year, the museum separated from Washington University and was renamed the City Art Museum. An organizing board was assigned to take control in 1912.〔''Saint Louis Art Museum Handbook of the Collection'' (2004), p. 10〕 During the 1950s, the museum added an extension to include an auditorium for films, concerts and lectures. In 1971, efforts to secure the museum's financial future led voters in St. Louis City and County to approve the creation of the Metropolitan Zoological Park and Museum District (ZMD). This expanded the tax base for the 1908 tax to include St. Louis County.〔Saint Louis Art Museum, An Architectural History, (1987), Page 26〕 In 1972, the museum was again renamed, to the Saint Louis Art Museum.〔 Today, the museum is supported financially by the tax, donations from individuals and public associations, sales in the Museum Shop, and foundation support.〔''Saint Louis Art Museum Handbook of the Collection'' (2004), pp. 4–16〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Saint Louis Art Museum」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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