Johnson Takes a Stroll to Study Old Court of Claims as Museum

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Summary

President Lyndon Johnson approves consideration of the old Court of Claims Building as a museum which later became the Renwick Gallery.

Subject

  • Johnson, Lyndon B (Lyndon Baines) 1908-1973
  • Renwick, James 1818-1895
  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Warnecke, John Carl
  • Court of Claims Building
  • Renwick Gallery
  • Corcoran Gallery of Art
  • United States President (1963-1969 : Johnson)

Category

Smithsonian History Bibliography

Notes

The Court of Claims Building was originally the Corcoran Art Gallery

Contained within

The Washington Post (Newspaper)

Contact information

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

Date

May 27, 1965

Topic

Secretaries

Physical description

Number of pages: 1; Page number: D28

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