North Dakota Museum of Art

The North Dakota Museum of Art (NDMOA) is the official art museum of the state of North Dakota. Located on the campus of the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, North Dakota,^[1] the museum is a private not-for-profit institution. The building includes three exhibition galleries, a video information room, a restaurant, and a gift shop.

History

The museum was formed in the 1970s as the University of North Dakota Art Galleries. In 1981, the North Dakota Legislative Assembly designated the museum as the state's official art museum and the museum took on its present name. The 1907 West Gymnasium on the UND campus was remodeled and, in 1989, the 16,000-square-foot (1,500 m²) structure became the new home for the museum. Facilities in the museum have been designed by artists who have worked with the museum in the past, including the gift shop and donor wall, created by New York artist Barton Lidice Beneš, who constructed the donor wall similar to his own shadow box museums, and the outdoor sculpture garden created by Richard Nonas.^[2] During late 2015 the building went through renovations overseen by the University, though the building is state owned.^[3]

Exhibits

Popular exhibits from the past have included "Lewis and Clark: Rivers, Edens, Empires", "Under the Whelming Tide: The 1997 Flood of the Red River of the North", "Bugs and Such", and "The Plains of Sweet Regret".

Since 2013 the museum has hosted an exhibit of the reconstruction of artist Barton Beneš's New York apartment called Barton's Place.^[4]

External links

• North Dakota Museum of Art website

References

1. "North Dakota Museum Of Art | Visitor Info". www.ndmoa.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
2. "North Dakota Museum Of Art | Mission & History". www.ndmoa.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
3. "North Dakota Museum of Art repairing leaky roof, skylight". Grand Forks Herald. Retrieved 2016-01-15.
4. "North Dakota Museum Of Art | PR GFH 112213". www.ndmoa.com. Retrieved 2016-01-15.