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Fort Wayne Museum of Art company history timeline

1921

The function of "museum" was integrated into the school when a collection of ten paintings was donated by Theodore Thieme in 1921.

1949

By 1949, the B. Paul Mossman Home at 1202 West Wayne Street in downtown Fort Wayne was donated to the museum, giving the museum an entire facility for the first time in its history to showcase exhibitions and collections.

1977

In 1977, the museum separated from the art school, the latter becoming the Department of Fine Arts at Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne.

1984

After the museum's move in 1984, the B. Paul Mossman Home was converted back to a private residence.

The Fort Wayne Museum of Art's current home is a structure that opened in 1984 at the intersection of Lafayette Street and Main Street in downtown Fort Wayne.

1995

In 1995, the homeowners returned the home back to hosting art as the Castle Gallery.

2011

Today, the museum, along with neighboring Arts United Center and Auer Center for Arts and Culture (opened in 2011), serve as the nucleus for downtown's burgeoning Cultural District.

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