Washington TIMES? July 25, 1920 
sTON TIMES 
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THE new $1,200,000 Freer Art Gallery, which will soon be opened under the super- 
■ Vision of the National Museum. The building was presented to the Government by 
the late Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, to house the famous Freer collection, compris- 
' Freer Art Gallery Is 
To Be Opened Soon By 
Smithsonian Institution 
Preparations are being made by the 
directors of the Smithsonian Institu¬ 
tion for the early opening of the new 
$1,200,000 Freer Art Gallery, pres¬ 
ented to the Government by the late 
Charles L. Freer, of Detroit, to house 
his famous collection of American 
and Asiatic art. 
Under the supervision of the Na¬ 
tional Museum, the 5,000 items that 
comprise this notable 'collection, in¬ 
cluding the famous Whistler collec¬ 
tion, are being brought to Washing¬ 
ton now from Detroit. 
Great care is being taken in their 
installation, and plans for the open¬ 
ing of the gafiery will be held in 
abeyance until the final touches are 
completed. 
divided into nineteen rooms, each de¬ 
signed for a particular subject or 
class of objects, reached by wide cor¬ 
ridors. The famous Whistler collec¬ 
tion will occupy five of these rooms, 
in one of which the decorations of 
the famous Peacock Room will be in¬ 
stalled. 
The central court, containing a 
fountain, is a special feature of this 
story, large arched openings lighting 
the adjoining corridors and loggias. 
The entire available floor space*’ of 
the main and basement floors, will 
aggregate some 55,000 square feet, 
about equally divided between the 
two floors. 
