"Unveiling the Refurbished Renwick Gallery Salon"
2000-06-03 until 2000-08-20
Renwick Gallery
Washington, DC, USA United States of America

The Grand Salon of the Smithsonian American Art Museums Renwick Gallery reopens to the public on June 3, after a six-month period of refurbishment. Custom-made draperies, a state-of-the-art lighting system and gilding of frieze elements are among the components that re-create the elegant setting of the 19th-century collectors picture gallery.

Among the 170 paintings and sculpture on view from the American Art Museum (now closed for renovation) are a suite of three stunning views of Yellowstone and the Grand Canyon by Thomas Moran, two on loan from the U.S. Department of Interior. The artists Western landscapes inspired Congress to establish the National Park Service and set aside Yellowstone as the countrys first national park in 1872.

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