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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1956 



1955 



December 12-16. Dr. Ettinghausen in New York examined objects in the 

 New York Public Library, American Numismatic Society, 

 and belonging to dealers. 



December 14-18. Mr. Stern in New York examined objects at the Metropolitan 

 Museum of Art and belonging to dealers. 



December 21. Dr. Ettinghausen in Baltimore examined objects at the 



Walters Art Gallery. 



December 21. Mr. Gettens in Baltimore examined objects at the Walters 



Art Gallery. 

 1956 



February 7-9. Dr. Ettinghausen in New York examined objects belonging 



to dealers. 



March 8-12. Mr. Stern in New York examined objects at the Metropolitan 



Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and belonging to 

 dealers. 



March 24-25. Mr. Stern in Charlottesville, Va., examined objects in a pri- 



vate collection. 



April 3-6. Mr. Stern in Philadelphia examined objects at the Philadel- 



phia Museum of Art. 



April 9-11. Mr. Wenley in Baltimore attended meetings of the American 



Oriental Society. 



April 10-11. Mr. Pope in Abilene, Kans., examined objects at the Eisen- 



hower Museum. 



April 23-25. Mr. Gettens in New York examined objects at the Metropol- 



itan Museum of Art, the Brooklyn Museum, and belonging 

 to dealers. Also discussed bronze corrosion problems with 

 officials of the International Nickel Corporation. 



April 30- Mr. Stern in Charlottesville, Va., conducted a seminar on 



May 1. Japanese art at the University of Virginia. 



May 5. Mr. Wenley in Boston attended meetings of the Far Eastern 



Ceramic Group. 



May 5. Mr. Pope in Boston presided at the all-day meeting of the 



Far Eastern Ceramic Group. 



May 19- Dr. Ettinghausen in Europe attended the 12th Convention 



June 16. of the Fondazione "Alessandro Volta" of the Accademia 



Nazionale dei Lincei in Rome and Florence. Also attended 

 the opening of the International Exhibition of Iranian Art 

 in Rome; studied manuscripts at the Royal Scottish Mu- 

 seum, Edinburgh, and at the British Museum, London. 



May 25-27. Mr. Wenley in Cincinnati attended meetings of the Associa- 



tion of Art Museum Directors held at the Cincinnati Art 

 Museum and the Taft Museum. 



June 12-14. Mr. Gettens in Winterthur, Del., attended The Henry Francis 



du Pont Winterthur Museum's "Seminars in Museum 

 Operation and Connoisseurship." 



June 12-15. Mr. Stern in Boston examined objects at the Museum of Fine 



Arts and in a private collection. 



June 16-20. Mr. Stern in New York examined objects at the Brooklyn 



Museum, the American Museum of Natural History, the 

 Metropolitan Museum of Art, the New York Public Library, 

 and belonging to dealers, and one private collection. 



June 18- Dr. Ettinghausen in Columbus, Ohio, taught "A Survey 



July 27. Course of Islamic Art" at Ohio State University. 



