Kimbell Art Museum

Title: Kimbell Art Museum Category: Reference / Museums Added on: Nov 22, 2012

Kay and Velma Kimbell established the Kimbell Art Foundation in the 1930s in partnership with Velma’s sister and her husband, Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Carter. After Mr. Kimbell’s death in 1964, the family left their collection and entire personal fortune to the Foundation to establish a public art museum \"of the first class\" in Fort Worth. Kay and Velma Kimbell established the Kimbell Art Foundation in the 1930s in partnership with Velma’s sister and her husband, Dr. and Mrs. Coleman Carter. After Mr. Kimbell’s death in 1964, the family left their collection and entire personal fortune to the Foundation to establish a public art museum \"of the first class\" in Fort Worth.