Tantalizing. . .Terrific. . .Tervuren!

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Summary

Summary Comments on the foresight of Warren M. Robbins as founder of the National Museum of African Art. Recalls the popularity of the museum at its location in Frederick Douglass' home in N.E. Washington. The diverse visitors attest to the importance of the museum and its many uses in the community. Explains the unusual value of the present display of works of African Art from the Tervuren Museum, Treasures from Tervuren: Selections from the Belgian Royal Museum for Central Africa.

Subject

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

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Notes

10th Anniversary of National Museum of African Art

Contained within

The Metro Herald (newspaper)

Contact information

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

Date

27 June 1997

Topic

  • Art, African
  • Frederick Douglass House

Physical description

pp. 1, 14-15

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