thomas, armstrong, july, 1932, portsmouth, virginia, june, 2011, manhattan, american, museum, curator, director, emeritus, abby, aldrich, rockefeller, folk, museum, 1968, 1971, pennsylvania, academy, fine, arts, 1971, 1974, whitney, museum, american, 1974, 199. Thomas N Armstrong III July 30 1932 Portsmouth Virginia June 20 2011 Manhattan was an American museum curator who was director emeritus of the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum 1968 1971 1 the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts 1971 1974 the Whitney Museum of American Art 1974 1990 and the Andy Warhol Museum 1993 1995 He is best known for more than quadrupling the size of the Whitney Museum s art holdings He graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor s degree in art history in 1954 where he became a member of the Quill and Dagger society He studied museum administration at the New York University Institute of Fine Arts in 1967 2 Armstrong had a lifelong interest in gardening and joined the board of the Garden Conservancy in 1991 becoming Chairman in 1997 He also served on the advisory committees of Mount Vernon Estate and Gardens and Winterthur Museum amp Country Estate and was an Honorary Trustee of the National Building Museum and a Trustee of the New York School of Interior Design His book A Singular Vision on the design of his glass house on Fishers Island New York was published by WW Norton in the fall of 2011 References Edit History org William Grimes June 22 2011 Thomas N Armstrong III Museum Chief Who Once Led the Whitney Dies at 78 The New York Times This biographical article about an American art historian is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte This article related to an art display art museum or gallery in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Thomas N Armstrong III amp oldid 1150186319, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
