Stark Museum of Art, Western art museum in Orange, United States.
The Stark Museum of Art is a museum in Orange dedicated to 19th and 20th century Western American art, featuring works by Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Remington, and Georgia O'Keeffe. The collection spans paintings, sculptures, and decorative arts that capture the character of the American frontier and landscape.
The museum opened in 1978, established by the Nelda C. and H.J. Lutcher Stark Foundation to serve the Southeast Texas region. The institution was created to make the family's art collection available to the public and strengthen cultural life in the area.
The museum displays art from Native American tribes including the Plains, Southwest, Eastern Woodlands, and Northwest Coast peoples, with handmade clothing, beadwork, pottery, and woven blankets throughout the galleries.
The museum occupies a full city block in Orange, with 15,000 square feet of exhibition space on two floors. Guided tours are offered for groups of 10 to 72 people, arranged by advance appointment, including school groups. Families can pick up interactive activities for children at the museum.
The Rare Books and Manuscripts collection holds John James Audubon's personal copy of The Birds of America, along with letters and manuscript journals by Audubon, Paul Kane and Charles Marion Russell. In glass, the museum keeps the only complete set of The United States in Crystal from Steuben Glass and the entire series of porcelain birds by Dorothy Doughty.
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