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  ANNUAL 
  KEPORT 
  SMITHSONIAN 
  INSTITUTION, 
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  the 
  Museum, 
  Appendix 
  1. 
  Work 
  on 
  safeguarding 
  the 
  dome 
  above 
  

   the 
  rotunda 
  was 
  completed 
  on 
  May 
  14, 
  1929, 
  the 
  work 
  being 
  per- 
  

   formed 
  under 
  direction 
  of 
  the 
  engineers 
  in 
  the 
  office 
  of 
  the 
  Super- 
  

   vising 
  Architect, 
  Treasury 
  Department. 
  The 
  auditorium 
  and 
  lec- 
  

   ture 
  rooms 
  were 
  used 
  during 
  the 
  year 
  for 
  125 
  meetings, 
  covering 
  a 
  

   wide 
  range 
  of 
  scientific 
  and 
  other 
  activities. 
  Visitors 
  to 
  the 
  Museum 
  

   for 
  the 
  year 
  totaled 
  1,929,625, 
  a 
  large 
  increase 
  over 
  the 
  previous 
  

   year. 
  Eight 
  volumes 
  and 
  61 
  smaller 
  papers 
  were 
  published, 
  and 
  

   115,128 
  copies 
  of 
  Museum 
  publications 
  were 
  distributed 
  during 
  the 
  

   year. 
  

  

  NATIONAL 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  

  

  The 
  outstanding 
  event 
  of 
  the 
  year 
  was 
  the 
  gift 
  by 
  Mr. 
  John 
  

   Gellatly 
  of 
  his 
  important 
  art 
  collection 
  mentioned 
  in 
  detail 
  else- 
  

   where 
  in 
  this 
  report. 
  Other 
  than 
  this, 
  but 
  few 
  accessions 
  came 
  to 
  

   the 
  gallery, 
  owing 
  to 
  the 
  complete 
  exhaustion 
  of 
  available 
  space 
  and 
  

   the 
  fact 
  that 
  no 
  provision 
  has 
  yet 
  been 
  made 
  for 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  a 
  

   new 
  building. 
  

  

  The 
  eighth 
  annual 
  meeting 
  of 
  the 
  gallery 
  commission 
  was 
  held 
  

   December 
  11, 
  1928. 
  At 
  a 
  special 
  meeting 
  held 
  in 
  April, 
  1929, 
  the 
  

   commission 
  recommended 
  to 
  the 
  Smithsonian 
  Regents 
  the 
  accept- 
  

   ance 
  of 
  the 
  Gellatly 
  collection. 
  At 
  this 
  meeting 
  also 
  the 
  chairman, 
  

   Mr. 
  Gari 
  Melchers, 
  announced 
  that 
  the 
  Carnegie 
  Corporation 
  had 
  

   granted 
  $1,000 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  of 
  assembling 
  the 
  art 
  works 
  so 
  far 
  

   purchased 
  under 
  the 
  Ranger 
  fund 
  for 
  temporary 
  exhibition 
  in 
  the 
  

   National 
  Gallery. 
  It 
  is 
  intended 
  to 
  hold 
  the 
  exhibition 
  during 
  

   December, 
  1929. 
  

  

  Six 
  special 
  exhibitions 
  were 
  held 
  in 
  the 
  gallery, 
  including 
  a 
  group 
  

   of 
  four 
  portraits 
  by 
  M. 
  L. 
  Theo 
  Dube; 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  paintings 
  

   of 
  the 
  Gothic 
  cathedrals 
  of 
  France, 
  by 
  Pieter 
  van 
  Veen; 
  an 
  exhibit 
  

   of 
  early 
  American 
  miniatures, 
  by 
  Edward 
  Greene 
  Malbone; 
  42 
  

   water-color 
  paintings 
  of 
  scenes 
  and 
  figure 
  subjects 
  in 
  India, 
  by 
  

   William 
  Spencer 
  Bagdatopoulos 
  ; 
  a 
  collection 
  of 
  paintings 
  of 
  Arctic 
  

   and 
  Antarctic 
  scenes 
  and 
  character 
  studies 
  by 
  Frank 
  Wilbert 
  Stokes 
  ; 
  

   and 
  an 
  exhibition 
  of 
  paintings 
  and 
  sculpture 
  by 
  American 
  negro 
  

   artists. 
  

  

  FREER 
  GALLERY 
  OF 
  ART 
  " 
  

  

  The 
  year's 
  additions 
  to 
  the 
  collection 
  by 
  purchase 
  include 
  exam- 
  

   ples 
  of 
  early 
  Persian 
  and 
  Egyptian 
  bookbinding; 
  Chinese 
  bronzes; 
  

   Syrian 
  glass 
  ; 
  Persian, 
  Turkish, 
  and 
  Egyptian 
  manuscripts 
  ; 
  Chinese, 
  

   Japanese, 
  Indian, 
  and 
  Persian 
  paintings 
  ; 
  Chinese, 
  Persian, 
  and 
  west 
  

   Asian 
  pottery 
  ; 
  and 
  Chinese 
  silver. 
  

  

  8 
  The 
  Government's 
  expense 
  in 
  connection 
  with 
  the 
  Freer 
  Gallery 
  of 
  Art 
  consists 
  mainly 
  

   In 
  the 
  care 
  of 
  the 
  building 
  and 
  certain 
  other 
  custodial 
  matters. 
  Other 
  expenses 
  are 
  paid 
  

   from 
  the 
  Freer 
  endowment 
  funds. 
  

  

  