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Honolulu Academy of Arts

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The Honolulu Museum of Art (formerly the Honolulu Academy of Arts) is an art museum in Honolulu, Hawaii. The museum is the largest of its kind in the state, and was founded in 1922 by Anna Rice Cooke. The museum has one of the largest single collections of Asian and Pan-Pacific art in the United States, and since its official opening on April 8, 1927, its collections have grown to more than 55,000 works of art.Ellis, George R., “Statement by George R. Ellis”, Orientations, Dec. 1999, p. 30 Read more on Wikipedia

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