the Whitney Museum of American Art
/ðə ˌwɪtni mjuˌziːəm əv əˌmerɪkən ˈɑːt/
/ðə ˌwɪtni mjuˌziːəm əv əˌmerɪkən ˈɑːrt/
- a museum in New York which contains art from the beginning of the 20th century. The original museum was opened by the American artist and art collector Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942) in 1931. It moved to its present building on Madison Avenue in 1966.