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Summary

Discusses the display of non-Western art in two new Smithsonian museums, the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and the National Museum of African Art. Describes collections, exhibits, and the architecture of the museums and outlines their history.

Subject

  • Robbins, Warren M
  • Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
  • National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

Contained within

New York Times (Newspaper)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Date

  • September 20, 1987
  • 1987

Topic

  • Art, African
  • Museum buildings
  • Art
  • Architecture
  • Art, Oriental
  • History
  • National Collections
  • Smithsonian Institution Quadrangle Complex
  • Art--History
  • Art objects
  • Buildings

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Physical description

p. 2

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