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Summary

Article describes the new Quadrangle building at the Smithsonian. Includes a historical outline of events leading up to the creation of the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the National Museum of African Art. Highlights the major figures responsible for their creation including Charles Lang Freer, S. Dillon Ripley, Arthur M. Sackler, and Warren Robbins.

Subject

  • Sackler, Arthur M
  • Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919
  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • Robbins, Warren M
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
  • National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
  • S. Dillon Ripley International Center

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

August 30, 1987

Topic

  • Art
  • Benefactors
  • Architecture
  • New Museums
  • Gifts
  • Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex
  • Buildings
  • Art objects

Place

Enid A. Haupt Garden (Washington, D.C.)

Physical description

section G

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