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Summary

Article concerns the new National Museum of African Art. Addresses its beginnings as the Museum of African Art under Warren Robbins, the new building that houses the collection, and the museum's growth and change over the years. Also describes the black-tie dinner held in honor of the opening of the museum.

Subject

  • Robbins, Warren M
  • National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

The Washington Post (Newspaper)

Contact information

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

Date

September 17, 1987

Topic

  • Art, African
  • Art
  • Openings
  • Architecture
  • New Museums
  • History
  • National Collections
  • Art objects
  • Art--History
  • Buildings

Physical description

Section C

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