September 28 



Inaugural Exhibitions: The Arthur M. Sackler Gallery joined the Smithsonian family as 

 its fourteenth museum as it opened to the public with the following inaugural 

 exhibitions: "In Praise of Ancestors: Ritual Objects from China"; "Monsters, Myths, 

 and Minerals"; "Pavilions and Immortal Mountains: Chinese Decorative Art and 

 Painting"; and "Nomads and Nobility: Art from the Ancient Near East." 



September 29-30 



Special Event: Donor, Sponsoring, Sustaining, Patron, and James Smithson Society 

 Members of the Contributing Membership Program attended private viewings of the Arthur 

 M Sackler Gallery, the National Museum of African Art, the International Center, and 

 the Enid A. Haupt Garden. A special reception was held in the Arts and Industries 

 Building. 



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