Opening of Adams-Clement Collection
ID: 94-6805
Creator: Unknown
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1951
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, Folder: 24 and Record Unit 312, Box 1, Folder: 6
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The opening of the Adams-Clement Collection in the West Hall of the Arts and Industries Building takes place on April 18, 1951. The photograph shows Dr. Remington Kellogg, Director of the United States National Museum, at the podium with Mr. Thomas Beggs, Secretary Wetmore, and others in the background. Collection includes paintings, jewelry, china, letters and other family material donated to the National Collection of Fine Arts, now the National Museum of American Art, and the United States National Museum, Department of History by Mary Louisa Adams Clement of Edge Hill, Warrenton, Virginia, descendent of Presidents John Adams and John Quincy Adams.
Subject
- Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
- Kellogg, Remington 1893-1969
- Beggs, Thomas M
- Clement, Mary Louisa Adams
- Adams, John 1735-1826
- Adams, John Quincy 1767-1848
- National Collection of Fine Arts
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
- Arts and Industries Building
- United States National Museum
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
- United States President
- National Collections
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 56, Folder: 24 and Record Unit 312, Box 1, Folder: 6
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1951
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Topic
- Art
- Openings
- West Hall
- Exhibitions
- Gifts
- Arts and Industries Building
- Art objects
- Arts and Industries Building--West Hall
- Art--Exhibitions
- Event
Form/Genre
Photographic print
ID Number
94-6805
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print