John E. Lodge Appointed Freer Director

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Summary

John Ellerton Lodge (1876-1942) is appointed director of the Freer Gallery of Art. He came from the Boston Museum of Fine Arts where he was the curator of the department of Chinese and Japanese art.

Subject

  • Lodge, John Ellerton 1876-1942
  • Freer Gallery of Art

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1921. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1922, p. 26.

Contact information

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

Date

December 1920

Topic

  • Art museums
  • Labor unions
  • Art museum directors
  • Labor

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