January
Charles Lang Freer Offers Art Collection to SI
Year:
1905
Month:
january
Day:
3
Date:
Tue, 1905-01-03
SIA Image reference:
Charles Lang Freer first offers his art collection to the Smithsonian Institution. President Theodore Roosevelt has to convince the Board of Regents to accept the gift, and the formal deed of gift is signed May 5, 1906.