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Events on Wednesday 18 November 1931 1
1931Whitney Museum of American Art opensGertrude Vanderbilt Whitney's museum opens in Greenwich VillageThe sculptor and patron Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney founded the museum on West Eighth Street in New York after the Metropolitan Museum declined her collection. It was devoted to living American artists. It became one of the leading museums of American art.