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New Britain Museum of American Art company history timeline

1903

In 1903, the museum received a bequest of $20,000 from John Butler Talcott to acquire "original modern oil paintings either by native or foreign artists". Talcott's nephew was tonalist Allen Butler Talcott of the Old Lyme Art Colony.

1964

In 1964 the Sanford B. D. Low Memorial Illustration Collection was inaugurated.

1999

Douglas Hyland became executive director of the museum in 1999 after having been director of the San Antonio Museum.

2009

The museum's $3.92 million in income for the fiscal year ending June 30, 2009, revenue was up slightly from the $3.86 million of the previous fiscal year.

During Hyland's tenure (as of 2009), the New Britain museum building was renovated, and the museum doubled its collection to 10,000 objects, doubled its full-time staff to 24 employees, doubled its docents to 100 and nearly tripled memberships from 1,200 to 3,500.

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1903
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