# Art museums **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 11, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-museums/796066 "2017-09-11T16:30:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-museums/796066/1 "2017-09-11T16:30:39Z")
What was the last art museum built with that classic “art museum” look (i.e., big stone building with steps and columns in the front)? ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-museums/796066/2 "2017-09-11T17:37:56Z")
The wonderful Cleveland Museum of Art, built just over a century ago?: [Cleveland Museum of Art - Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleveland_Museum_of_Art) ---
**Author:** ![journeyman\_southpaw](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5e9695/32.png) [@journeyman\_southpaw](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/journeyman_southpaw)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 7:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-museums/796066/3 "2017-09-11T19:25:24Z")
How about the [Lady Lever Art Gallery](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady_Lever_Art_Gallery) near Liverpool, opened in 1922? Construction began in 1914, just a year after Cleveland’s started, so it’s pretty close between those two. ---
**Author:** ![sciurophobic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/cab0a1/32.png) [@sciurophobic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/sciurophobic)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-museums/796066/4 "2017-09-11T20:44:36Z")
Adding a nominee to my own OP, the National Gallery of Art in Washington opened in 1941. [National Gallery of Art](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Gallery_of_Art) ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-museums/796066/5 "2017-09-11T21:54:28Z")
While the Cleveland museum does have that classical portico, the building has been expanded multiple times, and the current main entrance is in a much more modern-styled wing. And I expect that something similar will be true of many other musea. Does that still count? ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 10:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-museums/796066/6 "2017-09-11T22:56:19Z")
Most modernist galleries are modelled on grain silos. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-museums/796066/7 "2017-09-11T23:05:15Z")
Is that a deliberate reference to Le Corbusier? ---
**Author:** ![Evan\_Drake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/b487fb/32.png) [@Evan\_Drake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Evan_Drake)\ **Post date:** [September 11, 2017, 11:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-museums/796066/8 "2017-09-11T23:33:21Z")
Partially, but not only… Here is the new Kunstmuseum of Liechtenstein. [**Image**](https://anthievangelou.files.wordpress.com/2015/08/screen-shot-2015-08-10-at-12-05-53.png). Here is a Danish Cement Silo. \*\* [Image](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/13/Silo_27_types.JPG).\*\* ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [September 12, 2017, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/art-museums/796066/9 "2017-09-12T00:13:27Z")
I’m not sure what you’re looking for but how about the [Getty Villa](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Getty_Villa#/media/File:060807-002-GettyVilla001.jpg), which opened in 1974?