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Article: Expansion in Portland.(Current and coming)(Portland Art Museum)(Hesse: A Princely German Collection)
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- The Magazine Antiques
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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In this age of museums expanding into new buildings, it is rewarding to see more than one institution electing to move into an existing building of architectural interest rather than tearing it down and starting anew. The Portland Art Museum in Oregon is the newest kid on the block in this respect, joining museums such as the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. The Portland building in question is a Masonic temple constructed in 1925. This very distinctive building type is characterized by eclectic rooms that collectively form an encyclopedia of aspects of style in interior decoration.
Portland's 141,000-square-foot temple, for example, includes ...
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