USNM Curators Annual Report - National Gallery of Art, 1918-19

The Smithsonian American Art Museum collection now holds approximately 43,000 artworks, but how did that world-renowned collection start? With a number of notable accessions. The Harriet Lane Johnston collection, which renewed the Smithsonian's interest in art, was just one of many important gifts and acquisitions. See what other artworks were added to the collection with this set of 1918-1919 annual curator's reports from the National Gallery of Art. This set of notes documents the progress for developing what is now the Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Portrait Gallery. Help transcribe this fascinating report for future art history and museum researchers!