DAVENPORT, Iowa (KWQC) -This segment of ‘Figge In Focus’ acknowledges the kick off of a huge year for the art museum in 2025; Figge Art Museum is set to celebrate its 100th anniversary year.
Originally established in 1925 and called the Davenport Municipal Art Gallery, it went on to be renamed Davenport Museum of Art in 1987.
It continued to be a city-run museum until the opening of its new building in 2005, which was named in honor of a major gift from the V.O. and Elizabeth Kahl Figge Foundation. At that time, the city transferred responsibility for management, care and the exhibition of its collection to the Figge Art Museum, a nonprofit organization…