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The '''Foosaner Art Museum''', formerly the Brevard Art Museum, is located along the Indian River in the Eau Gallie Arts District, 1463 Highland Avenue, [[Melbourne, Florida|Melbourne]], [[Florida]]. Since opening in 1978 the Foosaner Art Museum has amassed over 5,000 objects, spanning 20 centuries. These items form the Museum’s Permanent Collection, reflecting not only the Museum’s interests and specialties, but also the lives of the people who have lived in the community.<ref name="Official website">{{cite web|title=Foosaner Art Museum|url=www.foosanerartmuseum.org|website=Foosaner Art Museum|publisher=Florida Institute of Technology|accessdate=2 October 2014}}</ref>
Throughout the year, visitors can experience a changing selection of exhibitions. Rotating exhibitions of nationally and internationally recognized artists showcase contemporary trends and historical art movements as do the variety of exhibitions created from the Museum’s permanent collection. The Foosaner Art Museum’s permanent collection is comprised primarily of Modern and Contemporary Art and includes the Enrique Conill Mendoza Collection of American Industrial Design and the world's largest collection of works by Ernst Oppler (German, 1897 - 1929).<ref name="Official website" />
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In February 1995, the organization name was officially changed to Brevard Museum of Art and Science. In 1999 the science center was renamed the Ruth Cote Clemente Children’s Science Center, in honor of a major donor.<ref name="Official website" />
Educational programming remains at the core of the Foosaner Art Museum’s mission. Our extensive range of programs are designed to appeal to the community. As the largest visual arts museum in Brevard County, the Museum plays an invaluable role in the County for both residents and visitors.
Today, more than 30 years later, the Foosaner Art Museum has tripled the exhibition area and provides modern technical conservation methods and storage areas as our collection increases in size. In addition, children and adults now enjoy the opportunity to study and create art at the Renee Foosaner Education Center which houses pottery, painting, drawing and printmaking studios.<ref name="Official website" />
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In June 2007, the Board of Trustees announced the Museum’s name change from the Brevard Museum of Art and Science to the Brevard Art Museum. The former Science Center space was redesigned to enlarge painting and ceramic studios.<ref name="Official website" />
On July 1, 2011, the Museum merged with the Florida Institute of Technology, the only independent, technological university in the Southeast. A $1 million gift was received from the Foosaner Foundation to benefit the Museum, now officially known as the Foosaner Art Museum. “The Foosaner family has a long history of philanthropy in Brevard,” said Florida Tech President Anthony J. Catanese. “This generous gift will help perpetuate the important efforts of education and cultural enrichment started by the museum in 1978, and now continued by Florida Tech.”
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