EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Executive summary

Executive summary

Located in Forest Park in St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Art Museum is evaluated as one of the leading comprehensive art museums in the country. Through the presentation of high quality exhibitions, it is devoted to demonstrating the important works of art and presentation of new ideas and scholarship.

Founded in 1879, the museum was formerly known as the St. Louis School and Museum of Fine Arts, an independent division of the University of Washington. Des Beaux-Arts style building was designed by Cass Gilbert, a renowned architect. It bears the inscription "dedicated to art and free ...