The Hunter Museum turns 70 this year and will celebrate the milestone with a yearlong focus on collecting. To kick off the celebration, the Hunter opens Beyond the Frame: Celebrating 70 Years of Collecting on Friday.
Beyond the Frame: Celebrating 70 Years of Collecting will be on view until May 1.
The exhibition showcases the wide range of the Hunter’s American art collection, which spans the 1700s to the present. In addition to featuring a number of longtime visitor favorites as well as never-before-seen acquisitions, Beyond the Frame: Celebrating 70 Years of Collecting explains how museums acquire artworks and how the Hunter has built its collection over the last 70 years.