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The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art is located in Laurel, Mississippi. It was founded in 1923 in memory of Lauren Eastman Rogers. The building's architects was Rathbone deBuys. It has an extensive collection of American Indian baskets as well as American art by Winslow Homer, Albert Bierstadt, and John Singer Sargent. It receives 32,000 visitors a year〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://lrma.org/ )〕 ==History== The Lauren Rogers Museum of Art in Laurel, Mississippi, was opened in 1923 as a memorial to Lauren Eastman Rogers, the only son and only grandson of one of the town's founding families. Lauren died in 1921 from complications of appendicitis at the age of 23. After his death, Lauren's father, Wallace Brown Rogers, and his grandfather, Lauren Chase Eastman, created the Eastman Memorial Foundation "to promote the public welfare by founding, endowing and having maintained a public library, museum, art gallery and educational institution, within the state of Mississippi." The Eastman, Gardiner and Rogers families had come to Laurel from Clinton, Iowa, in the 1890s in search of uncut timber. Their influence on the town touched all aspects of the residents' lives: economic, social, educational and aesthetic. All expectations were that Lauren Rogers would assume an important role in the community, taking a leadership role in business and contributing to the general well-being of the community as well. Deeply grieved by his untimely death, Lauren's family was determined that something good should come of the tragedy. The end result is the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art, which sits on the site where Lauren was building a home for his new bride, Lelia. The interior of the building utilized the expertise of the Chicago interior design firm of Watson and Walton. The walls are paneled in quarter-sawn golden oak, accented by hand-wrought ironwork by Samuel Yellin and a ceiling of hand-molded plaster. Cork floors are found throughout the museum.〔http://lrma.org/index.php/about〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Lauren Rogers Museum of Art」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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