1919 
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Masterpieces Now on Way 
From Detroit to New 
Home in Washington. 
The Freer Art Gallery, a structure 
presented to the government by the 
late Charles D. Freer of Detroit to 
house his collection of famous 
American and Asiatic paintings, ‘will 
be opfenel in the near t future, if 
the directors of the Smithsonian 
Institution can hasten the event. 
Under the terms of the will, the 
building and* the collection are to 
be administered by the Smithsonian 
Institution. The building is situated 
on the Mall close to the old National 
Museum. 
The collection, which consists of 
5,000 pieces including the famous 
Whistler works, is being trans¬ 
ported from Detroit to this city 
with tjie greatest care. 
Workmen are now engaged in 
putting the grounds surrounding 
the building, in order. Directors of 
the Institution hope to have the 
work finished within a few months. 
