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Today in WV History
09 Nov

The Huntington Museum of Art opened as the Huntington Galleries

The Huntington Museum of Art, West Virginia's largest art museum, opened November 9, 1952, as the Huntington Galleries. By 1987, when the name was changed to the Huntington Museum of Art, the museum's art collection had grown to more than 15,000 o...

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