{{Short description|Arts center in Duxbury, Massachusetts, United States}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox museum | name = | logo = | logo_upright = | logo_alt = | logo_caption = | image = Art Complex Museum, Duxbury MA.jpg | image_size = | image_upright = | alt = | caption = | map_type = | map_relief = | map_size = | map_caption = | map_dot_label = | coordinates = <!-- {{coord|LAT|LON|display=inline,title}} --> | former_name = <!-- or |former_names= --> | established = 1971 <!-- {{start date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | dissolved = <!-- {{end date|YYYY|MM|DD|df=y}} --> | location = 189 Alden Street, Duxbury, Massachusetts, US | type = Arts center | accreditation = American Alliance of Museums (AAM) | key_holdings = | collections = American art, Shaker artifacts, prints, Asian art | collection_size = 8,000<ref name="Collection"/> | visitors = | founder = | executive_director = | leader_type = | leader = | director = | president = | ceo = | chairperson = | curator = | architect = | historian = | owner = | employees = | public_transit = | parking = On-site <!-- or |car_park= --> | website = {{URL|www.artcomplex.org}} | network = | embedded = <!-- or |nrhp= --> }} The '''Art Complex Museum''', located in Duxbury, Massachusetts, {{convert|33|mi}} south of Boston, serves as a regional arts center and houses the collection of Carl A. Weyerhaeuser (1901–1996) and his wife Edith Greenleaf Weyerhaeuser (1912–2000).<ref name="Collection">{{cite web |title=Collection |url=https://artcomplex.org/collection/ |website=Art Complex Museum |publisher=The Art Complex Museum |access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref> The museum is free and open to the public, with support from the Carl A. Weyerhaeuser Family Charitable Trusts and friends of the museum.<ref name="MOB">{{cite web |title=The Art Complex Museum |url=https://museumsofboston.org/portfolio-item/art-complex-museum/ |website=Museums of Boston |access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref>
==Description== The museum, situated on over {{convert|13|acre}} of woodland and open fields, opened in 1971.<ref name="History">{{cite web |title=History |url=https://artcomplex.org/about/history/ |website=Art Complex Museum |publisher=The Art Complex Museum |access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref> The master site planning was done by G2 Collaborative, of Waltham, Massachusetts.<ref name="G2">{{cite web |title=Art Complex |url=http://www.g2cla.com/art-complex |website=G2 Collaborative |access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref> Works of sculpture are displayed on the grounds.<ref name="Sculpture">{{cite web |title=Sculpture: On the Grounds |url=https://artcomplex.org/exhibitions-2/sculpture-on-the-grounds/ |website=Art Complex Museum |publisher=The Art Complex Museum |access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref>
The museum features a gallery for rotating objects from the permanent collection, as well as temporary exhibition spaces that feature painting, sculpture, prints, and craft objects created by contemporary artists. A permanent Founders Room gallery portrays the background of Weyerhaeuser, his collection, and the building of the museum.<ref name="Founders">{{cite web |title=Founders Room |url=https://artcomplex.org/founders-room/ |website=The Art Complex Museum |publisher=The Art Complex Museum |access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref> The building also houses a reference library with over 5,000 publications.<ref name="History"/> The museum specializes in Shaker objects, American paintings, Asian art (particularly Japanese ceramics), and works on paper.
==Tea hut== thumb|left|upright=.55|Wind in the Pines Tea Hut A Japanese tea hut located on the site is used for formal Japanese tea ceremonies several times per year, which may be observed by the public.<ref name="Tea">{{cite web |title=Japanese Tea Ceremony |url=https://artcomplex.org/programs/japanese-tea-ceremony/ |website=Art Complex Museum |publisher=The Art Complex Museum |access-date=2023-01-14}}</ref> The tea hut was designed by Sano Gofu. {{clear|left}} ==See also== * Ture Bengtz, founding museum director {{commonscat|Art Complex Museum}} ==References== <references/>
==External links== * [http://www.artcomplex.org/ Official website]
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Category:Museums in Plymouth County, Massachusetts Category:Art museums and galleries in Massachusetts Category:Duxbury, Massachusetts Category:Art museums and galleries established in 1971 Category:1971 establishments in Massachusetts Category:Asian art museums in the United States
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