{"id":303015,"date":"2026-06-10T20:26:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:26:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303015\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T20:26:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T20:26:13","slug":"1-million-donation-advances-tampa-museum-of-art-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/303015\/","title":{"rendered":"$1 Million Donation Advances Tampa Museum Of Art Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Maureen and Doug Cohn have made a $1 million gift to the Tampa Museum of Art, establishing the Maureen and Doug Cohn Gallery.<\/p>\n

The Tampa Museum of Art has announced the creation of the Maureen and Doug Cohn Gallery, recognizing a $1 million gift from the longtime museum supporters and community philanthropists.<\/p>\n

The contribution marks the latest milestone in the museum\u2019s ongoing Centennial Campaign for Renovation and Expansion, which has now raised more than $100 million toward transforming the downtown Tampa cultural institution.<\/p>\n

Museum leaders said the new gallery will serve as a dedicated space for contemporary art exhibitions, showcasing works from the museum\u2019s extensive collection as well as loans from artists and institutions around the world.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaureen and Doug\u2019s dedication to this museum is extraordinary, and this gift speaks volumes about their belief in what the Tampa Museum of Art means to our community,\u201d said Tom Hochhausler, Penny and Jeff Vinik interim executive director of the museum. \u201cThe Maureen and Doug Cohn Gallery will be an essential part of our museum where Tampa audiences can experience contemporary art at the highest level.\u201d<\/p>\n

The gallery will feature both permanent and rotating exhibitions, providing visitors with new opportunities to engage with contemporary art. The museum\u2019s collection includes more than 8,000 objects, with over 7,000 works representing modern and contemporary art across a variety of media.<\/p>\n

For the Cohns, the gift reflects their commitment to ensuring that contemporary art remains accessible and relevant to future generations.<\/p>\n

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\u201cContemporary art has the power to change how we see the world, and sharing that experience with others is important to us,\u201d said Maureen Cohn. \u201cWe hope the gallery will serve as a space where people come to discover, to be challenged and to be inspired by the contemporary art of our time.\u201d<\/p>\n

Doug Cohn said the gallery represents an investment in the museum\u2019s future and in Tampa\u2019s growing cultural landscape.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Tampa Museum of Art has always been committed to bringing meaningful works to this community, and we are honored to be a part of it,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

The gallery is part of the museum\u2019s broader expansion plans. A major renovation completed in 2023 added seven new gallery spaces, a redesigned lobby and museum store, and the 8,000-square-foot Vinik Family Education Center.<\/p>\n

The Centennial Campaign launched in 2021 and was anchored by a $28 million gift from Tampa developer and philanthropist Dick Corbett, the largest private donation ever made to a public art museum in Florida.<\/p>\n

Museum officials said the Cohns\u2019 gift strengthens the campaign\u2019s momentum while helping secure a permanent home for contemporary art in Tampa for years to come.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Maureen and Doug Cohn have made a $1 million gift to the Tampa Museum of Art, establishing the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303016,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-303015","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303015","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303015"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303015\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303016"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303015"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303015"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303015"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}