John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art

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The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art is the official state art museum of Florida, located in Sarasota, Florida. It was established in 1927 as the legacy of Mable Burton Ringling and John Ringling for the people of Florida. Florida State University assumed governance of the museum in 2000.
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referencedIn Papers of John Coolidge and Agnes Mongan, 1909-2006 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Donahue, Kenneth. Collections and programs at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art : oral history transcript / by George M. Goodwin, under the auspices of the Oral History Program, University of California, Los Angeles, 1987. UC Berkeley Libraries
referencedIn Circus collection, 1889-1988 Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
creatorOf Brooks, John H. Records of John H. Brooks, 1968-2007. Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, The Clark
referencedIn Papers of Edward Waldo Forbes, 1867-2005 Harvard Art Museums. Archives
referencedIn Gottscho, Samuel H. (Samuel Herman), 1875-1971. Samuel Gottscho American architecture : photographs and negatives, circa 1925-1939. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
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associatedWith Brooks, John H. person
correspondedWith Coolidge, John, 1913-1995 person
associatedWith Donahue, Kenneth. person
associatedWith Florida State university corporateBody
correspondedWith Forbes, Edward Waldo, 1873-1969 person
associatedWith Gottscho, Samuel H. (Samuel Herman), 1875-1971. person
foundedBy Ringling, John, 1866-1936 person
foundedBy Ringling, Mable person
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Sarasota FL US
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Art museums
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Museums

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Establishment 1931

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