THE BURNS ARCHIVE

Philanthropy

As a part of its program for the support of photographic and art institutions the Burns Collection has donated, since 1982, thousands of vintage photographs to institutional collections. Among the recipients of these images are: The J. Paul Getty Museum, Santa Monica; The Museum of Modern Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; The Philadelphia Museum of Art; The New Orleans Museum of Art; The Museum of Photographic Art, San Diego; The Oakland Museum; The Museum of American Folk Art, New York; The Bronx Museum of the Arts; The Center of Contemporary History, Wyoming; Columbia College, Chicago; The Hudson River Museum; The National Museum of Health & Medicine; American Museum of the Moving Image; South Street Seaport Museum; The Smithsonian Institution; National Museum of Design; The Cooper Hewitt Museum; The National Arts Club, New York. Exhibitions by various institutions, including those mentioned above, frequently use images from the Collection. The Collection has been featured in over 25 solo exhibitions and over 100 group exhibitions since 1978.