Freer Director Wenley Dies

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Summary

Archibald Gibson Wenley, second director of the Freer Gallery of Art, dies. Wenley, a sinologist, had worked at the Freer since 1931 and served as director since 1943.

Subject

  • Wenley, Archibald Gibson
  • Freer Gallery of Art

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1962. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1963, p. 105.

Contact information

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

Date

February 17, 1962

Topic

  • Art museums
  • Personnel management
  • Employees
  • Deaths
  • Museums
  • Museum directors
  • Art museum directors
  • Art museums--Employees

Place

Washington (D.C.)

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