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The Butler Institute of American Art in Youngstown, Ohio is a not-for-profit museum founded in 1919 by Joseph G. Butler, Jr. as the country’s first museum devoted entirely to American art. Constructed of Georgian marble in the Italian Renaissance Revival style, the original museum structure is considered an architectural masterpiece, and is listed as a landmark on the National Registry of Historic Places. The museum’s Beecher Center is the first museum addition dedicated solely to new media and electronic art. Butler paintings have been loaned to museums throughout the world and its permanent collection has grown to include over 22, 000 works of art. Throughout history, the Butler has remained free and open to the public. The museum relies on contributions from the community and the nation to meet its cultural mission with exhibitions and art education programs funded in part by the Ohio Arts Council. More than 100,000 people visit the Butler each year. With its distinguished history of over 100 years dedicated to preserving our nation’s cultural heritage, it is no wonder that the Butler Institute is known worldwide as “America’s Museum.”

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Cell: 330-506-7401
Email: wendyswick@butlerart.com

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