Freer Drafts Bequest of Art Collection

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Summary

Charles Lang Freer drafts a formal proposal to leave the nation his collection of art. He promises funds to help construct a suitable building.

Subject

  • Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919
  • Freer Gallery of Art

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Biographical Outline: Charles Lang Freer, Founder of the Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, December 1, 1992, prepared by the Freer Gallery of Art.

Contact information

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

Date

December 27, 1904

Topic

  • Art
  • Benefactors
  • Art, Oriental
  • Museums
  • Gifts
  • History
  • Art--History
  • Art objects
  • Museum exhibits

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