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  ANNUAL 
  EEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
  194 
  3 
  

  

  by 
  the 
  Museum 
  in 
  recent 
  years, 
  the 
  gift 
  of 
  Kalph 
  G. 
  Packard. 
  The 
  

   few 
  expeditions 
  that 
  were 
  in 
  the 
  field 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  concerned 
  

   with 
  matters 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  conduct 
  of 
  the 
  war 
  or 
  were 
  the 
  result 
  

   of 
  pre-war 
  commitments. 
  Because 
  of 
  travel 
  difficulties, 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  

   visitors 
  dropped 
  to 
  1,355,269 
  as 
  compared 
  with 
  slightly 
  over 
  2,000,000 
  

   in 
  the 
  previous 
  year. 
  A 
  definite 
  count 
  showed 
  that 
  servicemen 
  aver- 
  

   aged 
  25 
  to 
  35 
  percent 
  of 
  the 
  total 
  number 
  of 
  visitors. 
  The 
  Museum 
  

   published 
  its 
  Annual 
  Report, 
  3 
  Bulletins, 
  1 
  Contribution 
  from 
  the 
  

   National 
  Herbarium, 
  and 
  25 
  Proceedings 
  papers. 
  Staff 
  changes 
  in- 
  

   cluded 
  the 
  death 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Leonhard 
  Stejneger, 
  head 
  curator 
  of 
  the 
  

   department 
  of 
  biology, 
  and 
  the 
  appointment 
  of 
  Dr. 
  Waldo 
  L. 
  Schmitt, 
  

   curator 
  of 
  the 
  division 
  of 
  marine 
  invertebrates, 
  to 
  succeed 
  him. 
  Nu- 
  

   merous 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  staff 
  were 
  furloughed 
  for 
  military 
  and 
  naval 
  

   duty. 
  

  

  National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art. 
  — 
  The 
  total 
  attendance 
  at 
  the 
  Gallery 
  for 
  

   the 
  year 
  was 
  1,508,081, 
  a 
  daily 
  average 
  of 
  4,132 
  of 
  whom 
  more 
  than 
  

   one-fourth 
  were 
  service 
  men 
  and 
  women. 
  Special 
  activities 
  for 
  mem- 
  

   bers 
  of 
  the 
  armed 
  forces 
  have 
  included 
  Sunday 
  evening 
  musical 
  con- 
  

   certs, 
  Sunday 
  night 
  suppers 
  for 
  servicemen, 
  and 
  the 
  Servicemen's 
  

   Room, 
  which 
  has 
  furnished 
  a 
  place 
  of 
  relaxation 
  for 
  many 
  men 
  in 
  the 
  

   service. 
  Among 
  the 
  outstanding 
  acquisitions 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  were 
  a 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  23 
  paintings 
  from 
  Chester 
  Dale 
  ; 
  the 
  Widener 
  collection 
  of 
  

   paintings, 
  sculpture, 
  and 
  other 
  objects 
  of 
  art, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  greatest 
  

   donations 
  ever 
  made 
  to 
  any 
  Museum 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  famous 
  Rosenwald 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  of 
  prints, 
  numbering 
  over 
  6,500 
  items. 
  A 
  number 
  of 
  special 
  

   exhibitions 
  were 
  held 
  during 
  the 
  year, 
  including 
  an 
  exhibition 
  of 
  

   Chilean 
  contemporary 
  art, 
  the 
  Thomas 
  Jefferson 
  Bicentennial 
  exhibi- 
  

   tion, 
  and 
  an 
  exhibition 
  sponsored 
  by 
  Life 
  magazine 
  of 
  125 
  paintings 
  by 
  

   leading 
  American 
  artists, 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  War 
  Department, 
  

   in 
  United 
  States 
  battle 
  zones. 
  There 
  were 
  printed 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  a 
  

   check 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  Widener 
  collection, 
  a 
  new 
  general 
  information 
  

   pamphlet, 
  a 
  catalog, 
  a 
  portfolio 
  of 
  colored 
  reproductions, 
  and 
  nine 
  

   pamphlets 
  dealing 
  with 
  the 
  Gallery 
  and 
  its 
  collections. 
  The 
  daily 
  

   Gallery 
  tours 
  of 
  the 
  collection 
  have 
  been 
  supplemented 
  by 
  tours 
  for 
  

   service 
  men 
  and 
  women 
  on 
  Saturdays. 
  A 
  motion 
  picture 
  on 
  the 
  

   National 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  was 
  completed 
  in 
  cooperation 
  with 
  the 
  Office 
  

   of 
  Strategic 
  Services; 
  this 
  will 
  be 
  widely 
  circulated 
  among 
  educa- 
  

   tional 
  institutions 
  and 
  the 
  general 
  public. 
  

  

  National 
  Collection 
  of 
  Fine 
  Arts. 
  — 
  Because 
  of 
  crowded 
  conditions 
  

   in 
  Washington 
  the 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Art 
  Com- 
  

   mission 
  was 
  not 
  held, 
  and 
  proffered 
  gifts 
  of 
  works 
  of 
  art 
  are 
  being 
  

   held 
  by 
  the 
  National 
  Collection 
  of 
  Fine 
  Arts 
  to 
  be 
  passed 
  upon 
  at 
  the 
  

   next 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  Commission. 
  Two 
  members 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  

   died 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  : 
  John 
  E. 
  Lodge, 
  chairman 
  of 
  the 
  subcommittee 
  

   on 
  Oriental 
  art, 
  and 
  Charles 
  L. 
  Borie, 
  chairman 
  of 
  the 
  Commission 
  

  

  