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Congress of the United States
House of Representatives
Washington, D.C. 20515

S. WILLIAM GREEN - 18TH DISTRICT, NEW YORK

COMMITTEES:
BANKING, FINANCE AND URBAN AFFAIRS

SUBCOMITTEES:
HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT
ECONOMIC STABILIZATION
GENERAL OVERSIGHT AND RENEGOTIATION

SELECT COMMITTEE ON AGING

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August 17, 1979

The Honorable Warren E. Burger, Chancellor
Board of Regents
Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C. 20560

Dear Chancellor Burger:

It is my understanding that the Executive Committee of the Smithsonian's Board of Regents will be meeting on August 20. I felt this is an appropriate time to submit a personal statement concerning the contribution which the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of Desighn, is making to my Congressional District and to New York City in general, and further, to let you and the Comimittee know that the Smithsonian Institution is ably and well represented in New York by this outstanding cultural institution.

Since 1976, when the collection of the Cooper Union School was installed in the renovated Carnegie Mansion, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum has become an integral part of New York City and its cultural life--not only attracting City residents and visitors to the Carnegie Mansion, but even more importantly, taking its exhibitions are of the highest calibre, as is its active educational program of tours and lectures.

This summer has been particularly exciting as the Cooper-Hewitt has focused on Urban Open Spaces--the third in its series of activities concerned with various aspects of the urban environment. The Urban Open Spaces program commenced in late June with the Museum Mile, in which museums and art institutions along Manhattan's Fifth Avenue (which was closed to traffic for a two-hour period one evening--no small accomplishment in itself) presented to New Yorkers and their guests special exhibitions, programs and activities--most of which were free of charge. The Cooper-Hewitt Museum had initiated this joint project among its fellow institutions, and the evening turned out to be a gala event. Also, as part of its celebration of Urban Open Spaces, the Cooper-Hewitt is this summer presenting exhibitions at twelve locations throughout the City--primarily outdoors--and has published a lively, comprehensive and informative catalog.

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