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Summary

The National Gallery of Art, a gift to the nation from Andrew W. Mellon, opens to the public with ceremonies led by President Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Subject

  • Mellon, Andrew W. (Andrew William) 1855-1937
  • Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano) 1882-1945
  • National Gallery of Art (U.S.)

Notes

Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 196.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

  • March 17, 1941
  • 1941

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Openings
  • Special events
  • Buildings

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