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1919: Charles Lang Freer changes his will to allow Asian, Egyptian, and Near Eastern art to be added to his collection posthumously. He dies in New York City at age sixty-five.
1920: Freer's assistant Katharine Rhoades (left) oversees the transfer of artwork from Detroit to Washington.
1921-46: Grace Dunham Guest oversees major growth of the ancient Chinese and Islamic collections as an assistant curator and later as assistant director, a post she holds for eight years.
1923: The Freer Gallery of Art opens to the public. John Ellerton Lodge, appointed as the museum's first director in 1920, serves until 1942. |