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SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION  1436

This resolution so drafted and approved is presented below:

RESOLVED: That it is the sense of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution that the Museum of History and Technology be so constructed as to be adequate for the purposes of the Institution; that all available data relative to the increased estimated cost of construction be placed promptly before the Joint Committee on Construction of a Building for Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian Institution; and that said Committee be asked to advise the Board of Regents regarding the submission of a request for additional funds.

PLANS TO USE OLD PATENT OFFICE BUILDING FOR A NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY AND FOR THE NATIONAL COLLECTION OF FINE ARTS

The Secretary indicated the site of the old Patent Office Building on a map that had been distributed, and gave each Regent two views of the building. After discussion Senator Anderson moved, and Senator Saltonstall seconded, the following resolutions that on motion were

VOTED:

RESOLVED: That the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution approves the proposed transfer of the old Patent Office Building (the present Civil Service Commission Building) to the Smithsonian Institution for use as a gallery of art.

RESOLVED FURTHER: That if the transfer is made, space thus made available be assigned to the National Collection of Fine Arts in order that the operations and collections of this bureau may be transferred from their present inadequate quarters in the Natural History Building of the Smithsonian Institution.

RESOLVED FURTHER: That the Secretary be empowered to propose legislation establishing in the Smithsonian Institution a new bureau to be known as the National Portrait Gallery.

NATIONAL AIR MUSEUM SITE AND BUILDING

The Secretary again referred to the map that had been distributed, and indicated the plot to be considered. The Secretary reviewed the history of the Smithsonian Gallery of Art, and stated the matter had been discussed with Mr. Finley of the Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Planning Commission. Both had informally expressed the opinion that the solution was a good one. There was discussion concerning this proposed solution for the National Air Museum site and further consideration of the problems

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