Agency history, 1986-

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Subject

  • Bliss, Susan
  • Kram, Barbara
  • Guaragna, Rosaria
  • Bernstein, Martin
  • Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Office of the Assistant Director, Finance and Administration
  • Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Office of Merchandising and Marketing
  • Freer Gallery of Art
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
  • Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Office of Public Affairs

Category

Agency History

Notes

  • This is an agency history. It does not describe actual records. The Smithsonian Institution Archives uses these histories as brief accounts of the origin, development, and functions of an office or administrative unit to set that unit in its historical context. To find information on record holdings, please double-click the highlighted field "Creator/Author", which will open on a brief view of relevant records.
  • Smithsonian Annals, 1985-1997.
  • Smithsonian Directory, 1999
  • Email to Sue Nichols of the Freer/Sackler galleries, 2/04/2002
  • LinkedIn, Barbara Kram, https://www.linkedin.com/in/barbara-kram-59a0783/, accessed January 13, 2022
  • The Office of Public Affairs of the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery was created in 1986. During a reorganization in about 2001, the marketing section of the Office of Merchandising and Marketing joined with the Office of Public Affairs to create the Office of Public Affairs and Marketing, and the merchandising section was placed under the Assistant Director of Finance and Administration. The Office of Public Affairs and Marketing reports to the Office of the Director.
  • Susan Bliss was the first Public Affairs Officer, 1986-1988, and Head, Public Affairs, 1988-2001. From 2001-2005, Barbara Kram was Head, Public Affairs and Marketing. Rosaria Guaragna was in charge of the Office of Merchandising and Marketing from 1985 to about 1996. Martin Bernstein has been Head, Gallery Shops from 1997- .
  • The Office of Public Affairs and Marketing promotes events (visits from dignitaries, concerts, lectures, award ceremonies, et al) and exhibitions at the Freer and Sackler galleries and handles press conferences and relations with the press.
  • For a history of the larger creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1986
  • 1986-

Topic

  • Public relations
  • Museums
  • Press coverage
  • Advertising
  • Museums--Public relations
  • Museums--Press coverage
  • Museums--Marketing

Form/Genre

Mixed archival materials

Local number

SIA AH00342

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