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What kind of art museum did Rockefeller found in 1954?

  • Museum of Modern Art

  • Museum of Native Art

  • Museum of Primitive Art

  • Rockefeller Museum

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The Museum of Primitive Art was founded in 1954 by Nelson Rockefeller, a wealthy industrialist and philanthropist. The museum was established to house Rockefeller's collection of African, Oceanic, and American Indian art, and to promote the study of primitive art.
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