THE NEW YORK TIMES
Smithsonian’s Renwick Gallery Reopens With a New Focus
by Graham Bowley, November 12, 2015
The museum drew 160,000 visitors a year before the renovations. Ms. Broun hopes it will attract double that number after the reopening.
WASHINGTON — The Renwick Gallery, housed in an ornate, 156-year-old confection here that was the first American building constructed as a public art museum, begins a new chapter in its history on Friday.
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