Quadrangle's Coming Attractions -- Treasures from Asia and Africa
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PrintArticle describes the design and development of the Smithsonian Quadrangle, a many-sided museum and education complex to be constructed partly underground in close proximity to existing Smithsonian structures on the Mall in Washington, DC. Secretary S. Dillon Ripley conceived the idea for the Quadrangle, and Jean-Paul Carlhian completed the architectural plan. A new park will sit atop a complex to include an International Center, Smithsonian Associates and Traveling Exhibition Service spaces, the Museum of African Art, and the new Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, which the author views as a great complement to the existing Freer Gallery of Art. The creation of those three Smithsonian museums is also discussed.
Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography
Article contains a fold-out cross section sketch of the Quadrangle area, and 8 photographs.
Smithsonian Vol. 13, No. 11 (Journal)
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
February 1983
pgs. 77-89