Booth Western Art Museum

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Booth Western Art Museum
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Booth Western Art Museum
Booth Western Art Museum
EstablishedAugust 2003 (2003-08)
Location Cartersville, Georgia
Coordinates 34°10′05″N84°47′45″W / 34.16819°N 84.79596°W / 34.16819; -84.79596
Type Art museum
Executive directorSeth Hopkins
Website boothmuseum.org

Booth Western Art Museum, located in Cartersville, Georgia, [1] is a museum dedicated to the Western United States. It is one of only two museums of its kind in the Southeastern United States, the other being the James Museum of Western and Wildlife Art in St. Petersburg, Florida. The Booth opened its doors in August 2003 [1] with 80,000 square feet (7,400 m2) of contemporary art, illustration, movie posters, Civil War art, Indigenous art and depiction, presidential portraits and letters, authentic stagecoaches, and an interactive hands-on gallery for children based on a working ranch. [1]

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A 40,000-square-foot (3,700 m2) expansion, completed in October 2009, doubled the museum’s exhibition space, allowing for even more artwork to be displayed. Now at 120,000 square feet (11,000 m2), Booth Museum is the second largest art museum in Georgia, and houses the largest permanent exhibition space for Western art in the country, with examples of early Western artists such as George Catlin, Albert Bierstadt, Frederic Remington, and Charles Russell. However, the core of the collection is built around living artists of traditional Western imagery such as Howard Terpning, Ken Riley, and G. Harvey, as well as more contemporary artists like Ed Mell, Thom Ross, Donna Howell-Sickles, and Kim Wiggins.

The museum also features an outdoor sculpture garden.

Awards and affiliations

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Booth Western Art Museum". Affiliate Detail. Smithsonian Affiliations. 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 15 Jul 2011.
  2. Museums West Consortium
  3. Georgia Association of Museums and Galleries
  4. "Best Art Museum (2020) - USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards". 10Best. 2020-02-28. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  5. "Best Art Museum (2021) - USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards". 10Best. 2021-05-07. Retrieved 2024-05-08.
  6. "Best Art Museum (2022) - USA TODAY 10Best Readers' Choice Awards". 10Best. 2022-03-25. Retrieved 2024-05-08.