History
The museum was established on March 14, 1978. In the summer of 2011, the museum was renamed Foosaner Art Museum and merged with the Florida Institute of Technology. This occurred after receiving a $1 million gift from the Foosaner Foundation, in honor of Samuel J. Foosaner. Foosaner was a promient New Jersey attorney who lived in Cocoa, Florida.
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