Post Donates Hillwood to SI

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Summary

Hillwood, a 25-acre estate in northwest Washington, is deeded to the stewardship of the Smithsonian Institution by Marjorie Merriweather Post, its owner. Hillwood houses the finest collection of Imperial Russian art of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to be found anywhere outside Russia.

Subject

  • Post, Marjorie Merriweather
  • Hillwood Museum and Gardens

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Oehser, Paul H. The Smithsonian Institution. New York: Praeger Publishers, 1970, p. 153.

Contact information

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

Date

January, 1969

Topic

  • Art
  • Decoration and ornament
  • Benefactors
  • Architecture
  • Gifts
  • Museums
  • Art, Russian
  • Buildings
  • Decorative arts

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