Mellon Donates his Art Collection to U.S
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PrintAndrew W. Mellon donates his collection of paintings and sculptures and more than $15 million to provide for a building to house the collection and an endowment for salaries and acquisitions to the United States. The gallery is to operate as a bureau of the Smithsonian administered by its own trustees.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 144.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
December 31, 1936
United States