The Art Complex Museum, located in
Duxbury, Massachusetts
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, south of
Boston
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, serves as a regional
arts center
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and houses the collection of
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(1901-1996) and his wife Edith Greenleaf Weyerhaeuser (1912-2000).
The museum is free and open to the public, with support from the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Family Charitable Trusts and friends of the museum.
The museum, situated on over of woodland and open fields, opened in 1971.
The master site planning was done by G2 Collaborative, of
Waltham, Massachusetts
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.
Works of sculpture are displayed on the grounds.
A
Japanese tea hut located on the site is used for formal
Japanese tea ceremonies several times per year, which may be observed by the public.
The museum features a gallery for rotating objects from the permanent collection, as well as temporary exhibition spaces that feature painting, sculpture, prints, and craft objects created by
contemporary art
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ists. A permanent Founders Room gallery portrays the background of Weyerhaeuser, his collection, and the building of the museum.
The building also houses a reference library with over 5,000 publications.
See also
*
Ture Bengtz, founding museum director
References
External links
Official website
Museums in Plymouth County, Massachusetts
Duxbury, Massachusetts
Art museums established in 1971
1971 establishments in Massachusetts
Asian art museums in the United States
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