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1949

The High received its first major art donation in 1949 from J. J. Haverty, an early Museum patron and Atlanta’s foremost art collector at the time.

1968

The Atlanta Memorial Arts Center opened in 1968 with the High Museum of Art at its center.

1979

In 1979, Coca-Cola magnate Robert W. Woodruff offered a $7.5 million challenge grant for a new facility that would triple the High’s space to 135,000 square feet.

1997

The High Museum initiated a building expansion program in 1997 to address the unprecedented growth of its collections, exhibitions, and community programming.

2005

The High opened its new facilities to the public in November 2005, creating a “village for the arts” at the Woodruff Arts Center in midtown Atlanta.

2006

Launched in 2006, Louvre Atlanta—the High’s three-year partnership with the Musée du Louvre in Paris—welcomed over 1.3 million visitors to the Museum for seven exhibitions that brought a combined 493 treasures from the Louvre’s collection to Atlanta.

2010

In 2010, the High Museum acquired contemporary British artist Anish Kapoor’s Untitled, a large sculpture composed of mirror fragments arranged in a concave steel disk.

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