"The West as America" Exhibit Begins

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Summary

The controversial exhibit "The West as America: Reinterpreting Images of the Frontier, 1820-1920" begins at the National Museum of American Art under the direction of curator William Truettner.

Subject

  • Truettner, William H
  • National Collection of Fine Arts)
  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

"The West as America" brochure.

Contact information

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

Date

March 15, 1991

Topic

  • Art
  • Art museums
  • Art, American
  • History
  • Art--History
  • Art objects

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