Old Patent Office Building to House Art

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Summary

The Old Patent Office Building is assigned to the Smithsonian Institution to house the National Collection of Fine Arts and the National Portrait Gallery. Funds are also provided for its renovation.

Subject

  • National Collection of Fine Arts)
  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
  • National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)
  • Patent Office Building (POB)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution. National Collection of Fine Arts. Washington, D.C. Smithsonian Institution, 1967.

Contact information

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

Date

1958

Topic

  • Art
  • Architecture
  • Art, American
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Museums
  • History
  • Art--History
  • Art objects
  • Buildings
  • Museum exhibits
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction

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