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Fiske Kimball

American architect and museum director
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  • Philadelphia Museum of Art
    Philadelphia Museum of Art
    / History

    …1925 architect and architectural historian Fiske Kimball was appointed director of the museum, a position he held for 30 years. Under his direction the collection moved into its building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in 1928. One of Kimball’s major contributions to the new museum’s collections was its highly authentic…

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    …1925 architect and architectural historian Fiske Kimball was appointed director of the museum, a position he held for 30 years. Under his direction the collection moved into its building on the Benjamin Franklin Parkway in 1928. One of Kimball’s major contributions to the new museum’s collections was its highly authentic…

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