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1. Who founded the Whitney Museum?
2. In what year did the Whitney open to the public?
3. Where in Manhattan was the first Whitney Museum located?
4. For what exhibition is the Whitney Museum internationally renowned?
5. In need of space for its growing Permanent Collection, the museum moved to a larger facility in 1954. Where in Manhattan was the second incarnation of the Whitney Museum?
6. By the 1960s, again squeezed for space, the Whitney engaged Hungarian-born Bauhaus-trained architect, Marcel Breuer, to design a custom exhibition space for them. Where was the new location?
7. The Whitney owns the largest collection in the world of a master American artist. Whose work was bequeathed to the museum by the artist's widow?
8. Under whose directorship did the Whitney acquire the majority of its iconic works of American art?
9. In 1985 the museum decided to add an additional ten floors to the Breuer building at a cost of 35.5 million dollars. Renowned architect Michel Graves designed the addition; however, the project never went forward. Why?
10. In 2011 the museum broke ground for a new facility, designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano, which will expand exhibition, work and public space to 200,000 sq. ft. Where is the new museum being built?
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