Whitney Museum of American Art
- Location
- New York City, United States
- Year
- 1931
- Typology
- Museum
- Materials
- Metal cladding
- Context
- High-tech, Contemporary
- Map
- Open location
The Whitney Museum of American Art is a modern and contemporary American art museum in the Meatpacking District and West Village neighborhoods of Manhattan in New York City, New York, United States. The institution was founded in 1930 by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, a prominent American socialite, sculptor, and art patron after whom it is named.
