About Rose Art Museum

The Rose Art Museum, founded in 1961, is a part of Brandeis University in Waltham, Massachusetts, US. Named after founding benefactors Edward and Bertha Rose, it offers temporary exhibitions, and it displays and houses works of art from its permanent collection of 9,000 objects. The museum has one of the largest collections of modern and contemporary art in New England. Since its inauguration, the Rose Art Museum has been recognized for its avant-garde and forward-thinking approach to modern and contemporary art. Its mission statement says that the museum "fosters community, experimentation, and new knowledge through direct engagement with modern and contemporary art, artists, and ideas".

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Founded
1961
Annual visitors
13K
13,000
Architect
Harrison & Abramovitz

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