NGA Renamed Natl Collections of Fine Arts

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Summary

The Smithsonian's National Gallery of Art is renamed the National Collection of Fine Arts. The non-Smithsonian gallery established under the gift of Andrew Mellon is given the name National Gallery of Art.

Subject

  • Mellon, Andrew W (Andrew William) 1855-1937
  • National Collection of Fine Arts)
  • National Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 138.

Contact information

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

Date

1937

Topic

  • Art
  • Art museums
  • Name Changes
  • History
  • Major Events in Smithsonian History
  • Art--History
  • Art Museums

Place

United States

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