Wolfsonian Institute.

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The Wolfsonian-FIU is a Museum of Modern Art and Design based in South Beach, Florida. It is home to the Journal of Decorative and Propaganda Arts (DAPA).

From the official website: "The Wolfsonian-FIU is committed to serving South Florida's student and teacher populations through an exciting array of educational offerings. Since 1994, the museum has been an active partner with the Museum Education Program of Miami-Dade County Public Schools. Approximately 1,800 students from both public and private schools visit the museum's galleries each year.

The Wolfsonian collection contains artifacts primarily of North American and European origin, dating from 1885-1945. It comprises a variety of media: furniture; industrial-design objects; glass, ceramics, and metalwork; rare books; periodicals; ephemera; works on paper; paintings; textiles; and medals. The nations most comprehensively represented are the United States, Great Britain, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, and Russia/Soviet Union. The objects are interpreted to explore key issues in design history - the way design has both altered and been altered by cultural change, industrial innovation, and strategies of persuasion."

Official website