"A visual-arts institution with education at the core that is leveraging the collection and engaging the community, " Mr. Hopper says.

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Johnson, who in the 1970s gave the museum nine pieces from his own collection, said that his favorite picture was Edward Hopper's stunning "Room in New York, " which the museum purchased in 1936, four years after Hopper painted it.

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