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National Museum Has Among: The United States, excellent firearms col-may be viewed at the Springfield (Mass.) Museum; West Point (N. Y.) Museum; States National museum has among Museum (Smithsonian, angton, D. C.); Winchester Gun Museum, Haven, Conn.; Connecticut State Library Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, Conn.; J. )avis Collection, Claremore, Okla.; Metzger tion, College Station, Texas; Confederate , Richmond, Va.; Huntington (West Va.) ; Milwaukee Public Museum; Metropoli-[useum of Art, New York; and the Chicka-and Chattanooga Military Park, Fort ipe, Ga.Among museums, don't miss the National museum has among Archeological Museum and the Benaki Museum, this latter containing one of the world's great personal collections of assorted treasures accumulated by an intelligent connoisseur. For lofty viewpoints, don't fail to climb the Hill of Philopappos, not far from the Acropolis, and Mt. Lycabettus, with the most rewarding view of all. For a sight that is movingly Greek, walk down Herodes Atticus Street, on the far side of the National museum has among Garden, until you reach the modest Royal Palace, on your left.
The Whitney Museum of American Art, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York City organize local and National museum has among competitions in water colors. The InterNational museum has among Water Color Exhibition Biennials are held at the Brooklyn Museum in New York City, and similar shows are held in the Art Institute, Chicago, 111., and other major museums. Consult Whitney Museum of American Art, A History of American Watercolor Painting, catalogue, with introduction by Alan Burroughs (New York 1942); Goodrich, Lloyd, American Watercolor and Winslow Homer (New York 1945). General histories of American painting, such as Edgar Preston Richardson's Painting in America (New York 1956), mention specialists in water-color painting. For current developments, consult catalogues published by the museums. |
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