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Honolulu Museum of Art company history timeline

1961

In 1961, Thurston Twigg-Smith opened the Honolulu Advertiser Gallery in the Advertiser building, which he owned.

1977

The gallery, which became the Contemporary Art Center in 1977, featured work from Twigg-Smith’s collection and work by local artists.

1988

TCM opened to the public in October 1988.

1998

In 1998, extensive renovation began starting with the Asian wing.

1999

New galleries exploring cross-cultural influences, were renovated and re-opened in the Western Wing in November 1999.

2001

A new gallery for Korean art was opened in June 2001.

2002

In October 2002, the museum opened a new gallery that serves as the orientation center for all tours to Doris Duke's Honolulu estate Shangri La, which started on November 6, 2002.

2003

A new gallery for the art of the Philippines named for retiring Museum Director and his wife, George and Nancy Ellis, opened in 2003.

2005

In February 2005, the museum opened an Asian Painting Conservation Studio and in December 2005, completed renovation of the Western Art galleries.

2011

The former Contemporary Museum, Honolulu in Makiki Heights was integrated into the Honolulu Academy of Arts in July 2011.

2012

The word 'academy' was dropped and the name was changed to the Honolulu Museum of Art in 2012 after it was discovered that only 13% of tourists recognized the building as a museum and not a school.

2019

On July 16, 2019, the museum announced that its board of trustees would be selling Spalding House in an effort to "allow the museum to focus its resources on its main campus at Beretania Street."

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