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ABOUT THE BUTLER<\/h2>\n

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ABOUT THE BUTLER<\/h2>\n

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ABOUT THE BUTLER<\/h1>\n

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The Beginning<\/h2>\n

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1919<\/p>\n

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Joseph G. Butler, Jr. founded The Butler Institute of American Art in 1919. The Butler was incorporated and chartered by the State of Ohio. It is the first structure built to house a collection of strictly American works. Margaret Evans appointed the first Director.<\/p>\n

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Joseph G. Butler, Jr. founded The Butler Institute of American Art in 1919. The Butler was incorporated and chartered by the State of Ohio. It is the first structure built to house a collection of strictly American works. Margaret Evans was appointed the first Director.<\/p>\n

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Henry Audubon Butler<\/h2>\n

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1927<\/p>\n

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Henry Audubon Butler- became President of the Board of
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Henry Audubon Butler- became President of the Board ofTrustees upon death of Joseph G. Butler Jr, the museums founder.<\/p>\n

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Henry Audubon Butler- became President of the Board of Trustees upon the death of Joseph G. Butler Jr., the museum’s founder.<\/p>\n

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Expansion<\/h2>\n

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1931<\/p>\n

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Original McKim, Mead and White building was expanded with the addition of two lower level wings<\/p>\n

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Joseph G. Butler<\/h2>\n

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1934<\/p>\n

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Joseph G. Butler III became Director<\/p>\n

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2nd Expansion<\/h2>\n

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1968<\/p>\n

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The Institute is expanded with the addition of second floors to the 1931 wing additions.<\/p>\n

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National Register of Historic Places<\/h2>\n

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1974<\/p>\n

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The building designed by McKim, Mead and White is placed on the National Register of Historic Places.<\/p>\n

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Louis Zona<\/h2>\n

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1981<\/p>\n

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Dr. Louis A. Zona is appointed the Director of The Butler Institute of American Art.<\/p>\n

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3rd Expansion<\/h2>\n

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1987<\/p>\n

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A West Wing addition doubling the square footage of the building is completed. The Hopper Research Library, Sweeney Children’s Gallery, Donnell Gallery of Sports Art, and Beecher Court are opened.<\/p>\n

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4th Expansion<\/h3>\n

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4th Expansion<\/h3>\n

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4th Expansion<\/h2>\n

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2000<\/p>\n

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33,000-square-foot addition Beecher Center is dedicated. It is a joint project with Youngstown State University devoted to electronic and digital art.<\/p>\n

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The Andrews Pavilion<\/h2>\n

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2003<\/p>\n

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The Andrews Pavilion including an enlarged museum store and caf\u00e9 is opened.<\/p>\n

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Butler North<\/span><\/h2>\n

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2005<\/p>\n

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The Butler purchases the 20,337-square-foot First Christian Church located adjacent to the museum to display items in its Americana and Folk Art collections, relocate the education department and art classes, and host various events in the Great Hall.<\/p>\n

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Bitonte Skywalk<\/h2>\n

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2013<\/p>\n

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Construction completed connecting the original Butler building to Butler North to facilitate access to the new Folk Art and Americana galleries.<\/p>\n

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Centennial Year<\/h2>\n

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2019<\/p>\n

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33,000 square foot addition Beecher Center is dedicated. It
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33,000 square foot addition Beecher Center is dedicated. Itis a joint project with Youngstown State University devotedto electronic and digital art, the first of its kind.<\/p>\n

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The Butler Institute of American Art’s centennial year, celebrating one hundred years of great American art.<\/p>\n

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Vincent & Phyllis Bacon Wing<\/h2>\n

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2023<\/p>\n

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The Institute is expanded with a three-story,\u00a0 3,810-square foot addition designed by architect C. Robert Buchanan and located in front of Beecher Center. New exhibition galleries are added, including the Bacon Grand Gallery, which permanently displays Pierre Soulages’ ceramic mural titled 14 May 1968<\/em>. In 2009, this was salvaged by Dr. Zona from the Oliver Building, in Pittsburgh. The mural is behind glass windows and is illuminated at night, making it visible from Wick Avenue.<\/p>\n

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