Gallery Archives
Press Releases: 1976
February 16, 1976
U.S. Bicentennial activities update
February 16, 1976
Advance Fact Sheet [The Eye of Thomas Jefferson] and Note to Editors
February 24, 1976
Gallery's bicentennial Jefferson exhibition to be aided by Exxon grant
March 11, 1976
Bicentennial musical programs at Gallery begin this Sunday, March 14th
March 15, 1976
1976 Mellon Lectures given by classical scholar Peter Von Blanckenhagen
April 8, 1976
National Gallery announces 18th-century fireworks spectacle for June 1 to open bicentennial exhibition
April 21, 1976
Spanish lend famous Majas by Goya to National Gallery for bicentennial
April 30, 1976
Press-TV-Radio notice re: Majas to go on view
May 17, 1976
Press-TV-Radio advisory Re: briefing covering arrangements for fireworks event
May 20, 1976
Special lecture series to mark Gallery's bicentennial Jefferson exhibition
May 24, 1976
Historic flag replicas to be displayed at National Sculpture Garden [New Glory]
May 24, 1976
How to Photograph the Gallery's 18th-Century-Style Fireworks
July 8, 1976
Queen Elizabeth II visits the National Gallery of Art's bicentennial exhibition The Eye of Thomas Jefferson
July 8, 1976
Greeting procedures for Queen Elizabeth II
July 21, 1976
National Gallery offers graphics exhibition and slide presentation related to June 1 fireworks
August 1, 1976
Advance Exhibition Schedule
August 23, 1976
National Gallery shows Morris Louis paintings
August 27, 1976
A. Scarlatti concert to mark closing day of National Gallery's bicentennial exhibition
September 1, 1976
Advance Fact Sheet [Treasures of Tutankhamun]
September 3, 1976
Sunday evening concerts begin 35th season at National Gallery
September 30, 1976
Eminent German scholars of Italian Renaissance appointed 1976-1977 Gallery Kress Professors [Wolfgang Lotz and Ludwig Heinrich Heydenreich]
October 22, 1976
[Tokugawa Collection: Nō Robes and Masks to tour U.S.]
October 26, 1976
Titian woodcuts shown in quadricentennial celebration
November 1, 1976
Memo to Press-Media - advisory on opening events for Treasures of Tutankhamun
November 8, 1976
Tutankhamun Treasures Exhibition Recalls Exciting 1922 Discovery
November 10, 1976
John Walker receives National Gallery Medal
November 17, 1976
Fact Sheet: Treasures of Tutankhamun
November 20, 1976
Gift of major contemporary American graphics collection to the National Gallery of Art announced
December 7, 1976
Press-Media advisory [Hours for Tutankhamun exhibit]
December 14, 1976
National Gallery announces acquisition of major synthetic cubist painting by Gris [Fantomas]