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the auspices of the State Department to study museum administration 

 and practices in this country. 



During the year the teclmical laboratory carried on the following 

 activities : 



Objects examined by various methods, including microscopic and microchemical 

 examination, X-ray diffraction and spectrochemical analysis, examination in 

 ultraviolet light, and specific gravity determination : 



Freer objects examined 86 



Outside objects examined 135 



The following projects were undertaken by the laboratory during 

 the year : 



1. For a period of four weeks in September, Miss Elisabeth West worked as 

 a guest in the Chemistry Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, 

 Long Island, N.Y. Her project of spectrochemical analysis of some 30 inscribed 

 ceremonial bronzes from the Freer collection, begun in 195S, was brought to 

 completion. 



2. Continued editorship of IIC Abstracts (Abstracts of the Technical Litera- 

 ture on Archaeology and the Fine Arts) published by the International Institute 

 for Conservation of Museum Objects, London. 



3. Continued systematic collection of data on the technology of ancient copper 

 and bronze in the Far East. 



4. Continued studies on the corrosion products of ancient metal objects. 



By invitation the following lectures were given outside the Gallery 

 by staff members (illustrated unless otherwise noted) : 



1959 



July 14. Mr. Gettens, at the International Institute for Conservation 



of Historic and Artistic Works, United Kingdom Group 

 at the Institute for Archaeology, London, England, "Pre- 

 liminary Technical Studies on Ancient Bronze Ceremonial 

 Vessels." Attendance, 30. 



October 20. Dr. Ettinghausen, at Congress of Turkish Art in Ankara, 



Turkey. "The Anatolian Mosque" and "The Problems of 

 Working with Subjects on Turkish Art." 



October 23. Dr. Ettinghausen, at Ankara, Turkey (Ankara University), 



to the First International Congress on Turkish Art, "An 

 Early Ottoman Textile" and "Turkish Elements in the 

 Decorative Arts." Attendance, 180 and 200, respectively. 



October 25. Dr. Ettinghausen, at banquet given by Governor and Mayor 



of Konya, to the First International Congress of Turkish 

 Art, "The Miracle of Konya." Attendance, 180. 



November 4. Dr. Pope, at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., "Chi- 



nese Export Porcelains." Attendance, I.IO. 



November 6. Dr. Pope, at Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., "Angkor." 



Attendance, 250. 



November 6. Dr. Ettinghausen, at University of Istanbul, Turkey, "Some 



Problems of Early Turkish Art." Attendance, 45. 



November 9. Dr. Pope, J. B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, Ky., "Chi- 



nese Export Porcelains." Attendance, 85. 



December 11. Dr. Cahill, at Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio, 



"Great Chinese Paintings in Far Eastern Collections." 

 Attendance, 55. 



