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| Virginia Meadows Museum, SMU |
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| Opening of the Virginia Meadows Museum, SMU |
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| Dr. William B. Jordan and Algur H. Meadows |
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| Virginia Meadows Museum, SMU |
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| Formerly the Virginia Meadows Museum, now studio space, SMU |
"The Meadows Museum is the leading US institution focused on the study and presentation of the art of Spain. In 1962, Dallas businessman and philanthropist Algur H. Meadows donated his private collection of Spanish paintings, as well as funds to start a museum, to Southern Methodist University. The museum opened to the public in 1965, marking the first step in fulfilling Meadows’ vision to create a 'Prado on the Prairie.'"
That was then. Now that the museum has been relocated to its own massive building, the original space that I "grew up with" has been converted to studio space and it's a heretical shock to my system to see how it's used now. Personally, as an exhibition space, I still prefer the original, more intimate space to the its newer super-sized one...
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