National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.)
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found: Nat. Mus. of Amer. Art (U.S.). Aspects of collecting the modern, 1981:t.p. (National Museum of American Art, formerly National Collection of Fine Arts)
found: Information from 678 converted Dec. 15, 2014(Upon creation of a new National Gallery of Art in 1937, the name of the earlier National Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian Institution was changed to National Collection of Fine Arts.)
found: Smithsonian American Art Museum website, viewed Aug. 3, 2015(A federal court decision in 1906 recognized that the Smithsonian's art collections formed a "National Gallery of Art". In 1937, the Smithsonian National Gallery of Art was renamed the National Collection of Fine Arts so that a new museum to be named the "National Gallery of Art" could be built to house the art collection given to the nation by Andrew Mellon. In 1980, the museum's name was changed to the National Museum of American Art. In October 2000, Congress approved another name change to Smithsonian American Art Museum.)
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1980-03-28: new
2015-08-30: revised
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