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Portfolio No. 5 entitled "Masterpieces of the Samuel H. Kress 

 Collection, 1956" was published, as well as a catalog of the 1956 

 exhibition of paintings acquired by the Samuel IT. Kress Foundation. 

 A fourth printing of Handbook No. 1, "How to Look at Works of 

 Art ; the Search for Line," was on order, and a book entitled "A Gallery 

 of Children" covering paintings of children in the National Gallery 

 was placed on sale. 



Exhibition catalogs of the Asian Artists in Crystal, German 

 Drawings, and A Century and a Half of Painting in Argentina ex- 

 hibitions were distributed. 



EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM 



The attendance for the general tours, Congressional tours, "Tours 

 for the Week," and "Pictures of the Week," totaled 45,797, while that 

 for the 42 auditorium lectures on Sunday afternoons was approxi- 

 mately 9,470 during the fiscal year 1956. 



Tours, lectures, and conferences arranged by appointment were 

 given to 299 groups and individuals. The total number of people 

 served in this manner was 7,290. This is an increase of 43 groups and 

 1,248 people served over last year. These special appointments were 

 made for such groups as representatives from leading high schools, 

 universities, museums, other governmental agencies, and distinguished 

 visitors. 



Three separate training programs for selected members of the 

 Junior League and the American Association of University Women 

 of Arlington County and Montgomery County were carried forward 

 during the year in connection with the programs of those organizations 

 to assist school children in tours of the Gallery. This training was 

 under the general supervision of the Curator in Charge of Education 

 and the specific supervision of members of the Education Department 

 staff. 



Lecture programs on "American Cultural Life" were prepared for 

 librarian members of the USIA and for members of the State Depart- 

 ment, who may act as cultural attaches on overseas duty. The lectures 

 for these are given by three members of the Education Department, 

 joined by the Curator of the Index of American Design and a repre- 

 sentative from the National Trust for Historic Preservation in 

 America. 



The staff of the Education Office delivered 9 lectures in the audi- 

 torium on Sunday afternoons, while 33 were given by guest speakers. 

 During April and May, Prof. Ernst H. Gombrich, lecturer at the 

 Warburg Institute in London and Slade Professor of Fine Arts at 

 Oxford, delivered the Fifth Annual Series of seven A. W. Mellon 

 Lectures in the Fine Arts, on the theme "The Visible World and the 

 Language of Art." 



