Renwick Gallery Grand Salon Reopens, June, 2000
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- Subject
- Twachtman, John Henry
- Inness, George
- Ryder, Albert Pinkham 1847-1917
- Thayer, Abbott Handerson 1849-1921
- Powers, Hiram 1805-1873
- Dewing, Thomas Wilmer
- Catlin, George 1796-1872
- Homer, Winslow 1836-1910
- Moran, Thomas 1837-1926
- Peale, Rembrandt 1778-1860
- Renwick Gallery
- Grand Salon of the Renwick Gallery
- National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
- Category
- Chronology of Smithsonian History
- The Torch-No. 00-7, 10, 2000 Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession: 05-298
- Summary
- The Grand Salon of American Art's Renwick Gallery reopened to the public after six months of renovations. The salon now houses a new selection of 170 paintings hung side by side and one above another, known as salon style. Other new components of the Grand Salon include hand-dyed silk loomed draperies of French Imberline damask, a state of the art lighting system that mimics natural light, and a refurbished crystal chandelier.
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- June, 2000
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Buildings--Repair and reconstruction
- SI Buildings, Renovation
- Building--Conservation and renovation
- Museum openings
- Art museums
- Record ID
- siris_sic_14430
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