"Thomas Eakins Collection" Opens at HMSG

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Summary

"The Thomas Eakins Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," the first extensive showing (118 works) of one of the largest Eakins collections in the United States, opens at the Hirshhorn. It is held in conjunction with "Thomas Eakins: A Symposium," a day-long series of lectures by four leading Eakins scholars.

Subject

  • Eakins, Thomas 1844-1916
  • Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
  • Thomas Eakins Collection of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, The (Exhibition) (1977: Washington, D.C.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1977, p. 9
  • Torch, 6/1977, p. 6

Contact information

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

Date

May 24, 1977

Topic

  • Lectures and lecturing
  • Exhibit openings
  • Exhibitions

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