Gallery Archives
Press Releases: 1966
January 1, 1966
[Additional showings of The American Vision]
January 16, 1966
[Rubens' Daniel in the Lions' Den acquired through Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund]
February 2, 1966
[Picture of the Week broadcasts begin second season]
February 20, 1966
[Rembrandt's Saskia Lying in Bed acquired through Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund]
March 15, 1966
[Exhibition of 19th and 20th-century French works from the homes of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon and Mrs. Mellon Bruce]
March 17, 1966
[Recipients of the National Gallery of Art Anniversary Award Medal]
April 15, 1966
Twenty-third American Music Festival at the National Gallery of Art
April 21, 1966
[Three art books, 25-year report, and 2 summary catalogues being published by the National Gallery of Art]
May 5, 1966
[Saint George and the Dragon to be displayed behind magnifying glass]
May 15, 1966
[Gift of Jan Vermeer's A Lady Writing by Harry Waldron Havemeyer and Horace Havemeyer, Jr.]
May 29, 1966
[Art Treasures of Turkey to open]
June 27, 1966
[Portion of National Gallery of Art 25th anniversary exhibition returned to public view]
July 8, 1966
[Exhibition of city views shown at the National Gallery of Art]
July 10, 1966
[Sunday films and illustrated lectures series at the National Gallery of Art]
August 4, 1966
[Exhibition of privately-owned European drawings from the 17th- and 18th-centuries at the National Gallery of Art]
September 1, 1966
Special Notice [Summer schedule]
September 1, 1966
Swedish King lends private Chinese art for first U.S. view
September 15, 1966
Sunday evening concerts resume at the National Gallery of Art
September 29, 1966
[Incentive awards given to outstanding employees]
September 30, 1966
[Exhibition of American primitive watercolors and pastels from the collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch]
October 13, 1966
Special Notice [Exhibition of Chinese art of King of Sweden closes October 9]
October 17, 1966
[Exhibition honoring Gilbert Stuart]
November 1, 1966
Film The American Vision to resume showings
December 17, 1966
[Gift of Charles Willson Peale's portrait of Benjamin and Eleanor Ridgely Laming from Morris Schapiro]
December 20, 1966
Special Notice [Christmas card art exhibition]