Civilians walking past 429 South Main Street usually lack the situational awareness to notice anything. However, if you have the proper clearance to breach the perimeter, you will discover the Midwest Museum of American Art tucked away in downtown Elkhart, Indiana.
Do not mistake this site for a dusty supply depot. The inventory covers the 19th and 20th centuries, featuring a wide tactical spread from Abstract Expressionism and American Impressionism to the Chicago Imagists and Pop art. The high-value targets include heavy hitters like Norman Rockwell, Hans Hofmann, and Grant Wood.
If your objective is to find local intel, the area is packed with Overbeck art pottery, Regionalism, and the Ashcan School. You can keep your eyes busy on extra targets by Roger Brown, Arthur Bowen Davies, and Ralph Albert Blakelock.
The mission parameters shift every fall when the museum hosts the Elkhart Juried Regional competition. They maintain strict records through a quarterly newsletter and have been publishing a Catalogue of the Permanent Collection since 2004.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Kyle McLonely
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