Opening of the Adams-Clement Collection

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Summary

The ceremonies commemorating the opening of the Adams-Clement Collection are held in the west hall of the Arts and Industries Building. Speeches are given by Dr. Remington Kellogg, director of the United States National Museum; Dr. Alexander Wetmore, Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution; art historian Katharine McCook Knox; and General Ulysses S. Grant, III, president of the American Planning and Civic Association. The collection was donated by Mary Louisa Adams Clement to the Smithsonian Institution in 1950.

Subject

  • Grant, U. S (Ulysses S.) 1881-1968
  • Kellogg, Remington 1893-1969
  • Knox, Katharine McCook
  • Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
  • Arts and Industries Building)
  • National Collection of Fine Arts)
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Smithsonian Institution, The Opening of the Adams-Clement Collection, Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1951, p. 3
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1951, p. 6

Contact information

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

Date

April 18, 1951

Topic

  • Art
  • Openings
  • Museums
  • Art objects
  • Museum exhibits

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