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      • Founded in 1990 by the entrepreneur-industrialist Armand Hammer to house his personal art collection, the museum has since expanded its scope to become "the hippest and most culturally relevant institution in town."
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  2. The Hammer Museum opened to the public in November 1990. Founded by Dr. Armand Hammer, former Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, the Museum was designed by architect Edward Larrabee Barnes.

  3. Hammer Museum building in Westwood, Los Angeles. The museum was founded by Armand Hammer, the late CEO of the Occidental Petroleum Corporation, as a venue to exhibit his extensive art collection, at the time valued at $250 million.

  4. The Hammer Museum invites visitors to explore the rich history of the hammer, the world’s first tool. There are approximately 2,000 hammers on display at the museum at any given time, and over 7,000 items in the collection.

  5. May 6, 2024 · Artists, collectors and Hollywood stars toasted the Hammer Museum’s outgoing director, Ann Philbin, who remade the institution during 25 years at the helm.

  6. Mar 26, 2023 · The Hammer Museum at UCLA believes in the promise of art and ideas to illuminate our lives and build a more just world.

  7. Mar 24, 2023 · Call it the big reveal. The final phase of the Hammer Museum’s two-decade, $90-million expansion and renovation — designed by Michael Maltzan Architecture — debuts on Sunday.

  8. Mar 24, 2023 · The renovation — part of a building boom that is transforming the vibrant Los Angeles museum world — caps the Hammer’s emergence as one of the more influential museums in the country, and one...

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