Portland Art Museum

Portland Art Museum
The Portland Art Museum in 2019
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Established1892
Location1219 SW Park Avenue
Portland, Oregon, U.S.
Coordinates45°30′58″N 122°41′01″W / 45.5162°N 122.6835°W / 45.5162; -122.6835
TypeArt museum
AccreditationAmerican Alliance of Museums
Visitors445,000 (2002)[1]
DirectorBrian J. Ferriso
Websiteportlandartmuseum.org
Portland Art Museum
Portland Historic Landmark[3]
Area1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built1932
ArchitectPietro Belluschi
Architectural styleModernist
NRHP reference No.74001710[2]
Added to NRHPDecember 31, 1974

The Portland Art Museum (PAM) is an art museum in downtown Portland, Oregon, United States. The Portland Art Museum has 240,000 square feet (22,000 m2), with more than 112,000 square feet (10,400 m2) of gallery space. The museum’s permanent collection has over 42,000 works of art. PAM features a center for Native American art, a center for Northwest art, a center for modern and contemporary art, permanent exhibitions of Asian art, and an outdoor public sculpture garden. The Northwest Film Center is also a component of Portland Art Museum.

The museum is accredited by the American Alliance of Museums, with accreditation through 2024.[4][5]

  1. ^ Travel Oregon Archived April 13, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "National Register Information System – (#74001710)". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
  3. ^ Portland Historic Landmarks Commission (July 2010), Historic Landmarks -- Portland, Oregon (XLS), retrieved November 13, 2013.
  4. ^ "List of Accredited Museums". Archived 2013-01-17 at the Wayback Machine American Alliance of Museums. Retrieved December 13, 2007.
  5. ^ Row, D.K. (April 10, 2011). "Portland Art Museum renews accreditation from American Association of Museums". The Oregonian. Portland.

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