ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM'S COLLECTION TO BEGIN TOUR

ONE MUSEUM'S RENOVATIONS ARE ANOTHER'S EXHIBITION. THUS, 20 MASTERWORKS FROM OBERLIN COLLEGE'S ALLEN MEMORIAL ART MUSEUM IN OHIO WILL SUMMER AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART IN NEW YORK WHILE THE ALLEN MUSEUM IS CLOSED FOR RENOVATIONS. FROM 16.MARCH THROUGH 29.AUGUST, 19 PAINTINGS AND ONE SCULPTURE FROM ONE OF THE FINEST COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY COLLECTIONS IN THE UNITED STATES WILL BE ON DISPLAY AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM. EACH ALLEN MUSEUM WORK WILL BE JUXTAPOSED WITH A METROPOLITAN MUSEUM PIECE TO CREATE THE MOST EXCITING CONVERSATION BETWEEN THE TWO WORKS, SAID A SPOKESPERSON FOR THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM. FOR THAT REASON, THE EXHIBITION IS BEING CALLED 'SIDE BY SIDE'. FOLLOWING THE EXHIBITION AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM, A COLLECTION OF WORKS FROM THE ALLEN MUSEUM WILL BE ON VIEW AT THE PHILLIPS COLLECTION IN WASHINGTON DC.