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Summary

In the greatest change to the Freer Gallery of Art since its opening, four new galleries open, and exhibitions change in two others. New galleries in the western end of the building display Near Eastern and Indian art. Galleries in the eastern end of the building now display only Chinese art.

Subject

Freer Gallery of Art

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1931. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1931, p. 56.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

March 15, 1931

Topic

  • Museum buildings
  • Art
  • Art museums
  • Exhibit openings
  • Exhibitions
  • Galleries
  • Art objects
  • Indian art
  • Art, Chinese
  • Art, Asian

Place

Washington (D.C.)

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