Wolfsonian-FIU
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The Wolfsonian–Florida International University or The Wolfsonian–FIU, located in the heart of the Art Deco District of Miami Beach, Florida, is a museum, library and research center with collections intended to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design. Since 1997, The Wolfsonian has been a division within Florida International University.
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- Instance of
- art museum
- Country
- United States
- Located in
- Florida
- Official website
- www.wolfsonian.org
- Image
- Wolfsonian FL1.jpg
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- Commons Institution page
- Wolfsonian-FIU
- Commons category
- Wolfsonian-FIU Museum
- inception
- 1986-01-01
- affiliation
- Florida International University
- social media followers
- 9439
- accredited by
- American Alliance of Museums
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- Principal collections
- Publications
- Wolfsonian-sponsored conferences and symposia
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The Wolfsonian–Florida International University or The Wolfsonian–FIU, located in the heart of the Art Deco District of Miami Beach, Florida, is a museum, library and research center with collections intended to illustrate the persuasive power of art and design. Since 1997, The Wolfsonian has been a division within Florida International University.
The Wolfsonian's two collections comprise approximately 180,000 pieces from the period 1885 to 1945—the height of the Industrial Revolution until the end of the Second World War—in a variety of media, including: furniture; industrial-design objects; works in glass; ceramics; metal; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; works on paper; paintings; textiles; and medals. The museum is an affiliate within the Smithsonian Affiliations program, sharing affiliation with the Frost Art Museum.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Wolfsonian-FIU” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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