Museo de Arte de Ponce

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Museo de Arte de Ponce   wikidata:Q3137182
Museo de Arte de Ponce
Native name Museo de Arte de Ponce
Location
2325 Avenida Las Américas
Ponce, Puerto Rico
United States of America
Coordinates 18° 00′ 14″ N, 66° 37′ 01″ W Link to OpenStreetMap Link to Google Maps Edit this at Wikidata
Established 28 December 1965 Edit this at Wikidata
Website museoarteponce.org Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
institution QS:P195,Q3137182
English: The Museo de Arte de Ponce (Ponce Museum of Art) located in the southern city of Ponce, in Puerto Rico.
  • The museum holds a large collection of over 3,000 pieces distributed among fourteen galleries and the sculpture garden.
  • The initial collection and museum was founded by Luis A. Ferré, born in Ponce and a philanthropist, politician, and art collector. It opened in its first location in 1959 (present day Centro Cultural de Ponce), and at the current location on Las Americas Avenue in 1965.
  • The Museo de Arte de Ponce's modernist design is by architect Edward Durell Stone.

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