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ANNUAL REPORT SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, 1957 



in London to see further collections and consult with colleagues en 

 route home. 



By invitation the following lectures (illustrated unless otherwise 

 noted) were given outside the Gallery by staff members : 



1956 



July 9. Dr. Ettinghausen, at the opening of an exhibition of Islamic 



art sponsored by the Summer Institute of Middle Eastern 

 Studies of Ohio State University at the Ohio State Histori- 

 cal Museum, on "Islamic Art." Attendance, 175. 



September 24. Dr. Pope, at the American Embassy, Tokyo, Japan, on 



"Chinese Ceramics in the Freer Gallery of Art." Attend- 

 ance, 40. 



October 16. Dr. Pope, at Jimbun Kagaku Kenkyusho (Institute for 



Humanistic Studies), Kyoto, Japan, on "Chinese Porce- 

 lains from the Ardebil Shrine." Attendance, 100. 



November 9. Dr. Ettinghausen, in Baltimore, to the Women's Commit- 



tee, Baltimore Museum of Art, on "Persian Miniature 

 Painting." Attendance, 196. 



November 14. Mr. Gettens, in Bethesda, Md., at the Abracadabra Club, on 



"The Van Meegeran Art Forgery Case and Trial." (Illus- 

 trated with his own photographs.) Attendance, 25. 

 1957 



January 7. Mr. Stern, at the University of Maryland, on "Japanese 



Wood-block Prints" at the opening of an exhibition of 

 Ukiyoe wood-block printing. Attendance, 50. 



February 12. Mr. Gettens, at the Broadmoor Hotel, Washington, D. C, to 



the American Ceramic Society, Baltimore-Washington 

 Section, on "The Early Use of Cobalt Minerals in the 

 Coloring of Smalt, Glass and Pottery Glaze." Attendance, 

 30. 



February 13. Mr. Stern, at the opening of the exhibition of the Hauge 



Collection, American University, Washington, D. C, on 

 "Japanese Art." Attendance, 60. This was recorded for 

 future broadcasts by the Voice of America, television and 

 radio. 



February 14. Mr. Gettens, at the Presbyterian Church, Falls Church, Va., 



to the Women's Group, on "Some Personal Experiences 

 with the Dead Sea Scrolls." Attendance, 140. 



February 25. Dr. Pope, at the Siam Society, Bangkok, on "The Smith- 



sonian Institution and the Freer Gallery of Art." At- 

 tendance, 50. 



March 20. Dr. Pope, at the Oriental Ceramic Society, London, on 



"Things of Interest Seen on My Trip." Attendance, 125. 



April 29. Dr. Pope, at the Cosmos Club, Washington, D. C, on "Art 



in the Orient." Attendance, 275. 



June 22. Mr. Gettens, at the Presbyterian Church, Mooers, N. T. f 



Sesquicentennial Celebration, on "Some Personal Experi- 

 ences with the Dead Sea Scrolls." Attendance, 125. 



