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The Anderson Museum of Art (previously known as the Anderson Center for the Arts) is located in downtown Anderson, Indiana at 32 West 10th Street in the former Carnegie Library building built partly in honor of educator and railroad executive John Byers Anderson. The building, as Carnegie Public Library, is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

Carnegie Public Library
U.S. National Register of Historic Places
Front of the building
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Location	32 W. 10th St., Anderson, Indiana
Coordinates	40°6′23″N 85°40′49″W
Area	Less than 1 acre (0.40 ha)
Built	1905
Architect	Thompson and Millspaugh; Richards, McCarty, and Bulford
Architectural style	Beaux-Arts
NRHP reference No.	85000603[1]
Added to NRHP	March 21, 1985

History

The center is located in the Beaux-Arts-style former Carnegie library. Andrew Carnegie provided a $50,000 grant for the building's construction. The building features a 35-foot (11 m) high rotunda with a 40-foot (12 m) stained glass domed ceiling and marble floors.[2] The library moved to a new facility in 1987.

The museum specializes in collecting Indiana and contemporary art.

References

Cited works

• Anderson: A Pictorial History by Esther Dittlinger, copyright 1990, page 192. ISBN 978-0943963167

External links

• Official website

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