Quadrangle Construction Authorized
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PrintThe construction of the new museum complex in the South Yard, behind the Smithsonian Institution Building, is approved by Congress in Public Law 97-199. It will house the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, National Museum of African Art, the S. Dillon Ripley International Center and the Enid A. Haupt Garden.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
The Smithsonian's Center for African, Near Eastern and Asian Cultures Fact Sheet.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
June 22, 1982
Enid A. Haupt Garden (Washington, D.C.)