32 ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1953 



Number Oj 

 Slate OT countrji exhibkions 



New York 4 



North Carolina 5 



Ohio 4 



Pennsylvania 



South Carolina 



Tennessee 



Virginia 



Wisconsin 



Greece 



Italy 



Palestine 



Turkey 



Western Germany 



Western Germany and Austria 



CURATORIAL ACTIVITIES 



The Curatorial Department accessioned 927 gifts to the Gallery dur- 

 ing the fiscal year 1953. Advice was given regarding 285 works of art 

 brought to the Gallery for opinion, and 60 visits to other collections 

 were made by members of the staff for either expert opinion or in con- 

 nection with offers of gifts. About 1,200 inquiries requiring research 

 were answered verbally and by letter. On August 10, 1952, John 

 Walker, as representative of the United States Government on the 

 occasion of the Centennial Celebration of the German National Mu- 

 seum of Niiremberg, gave an address before a large audience. Charles 

 M. Richards conducted two courses in art history under the auspices of 

 the Department of Agriculture. Miss Elizabeth Mongan gave a series 

 of lectures on prints at Beaver College, Swarthmore College, and the 

 Tyler School of Art. Mr. Richards served as an "expert on art" and 

 lecturer at the Career Conference held at George Washington Uni- 

 versity. He also attended the annual meeting of the American Associ- 

 ation of Museums at Buffalo, N. Y., and an organizational meeting 

 of the Southern Conference of Museums at Raleigh, N. C. Miss 

 Katharine Shepard was sent as a delegate from the Washington Society 

 to the annual meeting of the Archaeological Institute of America in 

 Cleveland. Perry B. Cott was elected vice president of this Society. 

 Mr. Cott served on the following committees : Fine Arts Committee, 

 Washington Cathedral; Advisory Committee for Fulbright Awards 

 in Fine Arts ; Committee for the Inaugural Medal ; Committee for the 

 Protection of Cultural Property. Mr. Cott arranged a schedule of 

 tours of United States museums for visiting foreigners under the 

 International Exchange of Persons Division, Department of State. 

 Erwin O. Christensen was one of five judges at the Army- Wide Li- 

 brary Publicity Contest. Mr. Christensen was chairman of the session 

 on "European and American Art" at the Howard University Festival 

 of Fine Arts this spring, and he also made examinations and wrote 



