Aargau house of art

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The Aargauer Kunsthaus (English: Aargau Art House) is a Swiss art museum founded in 1959, and located in Aarau. The museum collection consists of Swiss art from the 18th century to the present day.

History: The Aargauer Kunsthaus traces its origins to the founding of the Aargau Art Association in 1860 as a section of the Swiss Art Association. In 1861, the association organised the first Swiss Art Exhibition in Aarau, held in the former Postremise. Over the following decades, the association pursued the establishment of a permanent museum for Swiss art, which was realised in 1959 with the opening of the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau. In 1962, a formal agreement defined the cooperation between the canton and the association, under which the canton assumed ownership and maintenance of the building, while the association remained responsible for the collection and exhibitions. Subsequent growth of the collection led to an expansion of the museum, completed in 2003. Since 1 July 2020, art historian Katharina Ammann has served as the director of Aargauer Kunsthaus.

Collection: The Aargauer Kunsthaus holds more than 21,000 works, making it one of the most extensive public collections...