Funds Granted for Quadrangle Planning
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PrintA $960,000 Congressional appropriation is set aside for the planning of the Quadrangle project. The Quadrangle will be a new museum complex that will serve as a center for African, Near Eastern and Asian cultures. This is the first federal appropriation for the project, whose planning has been underway since 1978 with support from unrestricted trust funds.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1982. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1983, p. 47.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
December 23, 1981