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Located in Potomac about 15 miles from downtown Washington, D.C., the Glenstone Museum is a privately owned contemporary art museum holding a collection of about 1,300 works of art created post-World War II by artists from all over the world.
History: The museum originally opened in a building designed by Charles Gwathmey in 2006. The museum, set in a beautiful natural landscape, was established and funded by American businessman Mitchell Rales.
The artists represented in Glenstone's collection are already established and have been exhibited for 15 years or more. It is sitting on a 230-acre campus and has been expanded several times. The museum opened to the public on October 4, 2018 after Its largest expansion with new landscaping, outdoor sculpture installation and a new museum complex called the Pavilions.
Address: 12100 Glen Rd, Potomac, MD 20854
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