Friends of Freer House hosting lecture by Rev. Dr. Geoffrey G. Drutchas, April 29
WHAT: The Friends of Freer House are hosting a lecture by Rev. Dr. Geoffrey G. Drutchas titled Anchor and Ornament: The Freer Gallery and the McMillan Plan. Drutchas will discuss the significance of the Charles Lang Freer collection in the context of the “McMillan Plan” for the federal capitol named after one of Freer’s business partners, Senator James McMillan of
WHEN: Sunday, April 29, 2007 at 3 pm. This lecture is open to the public. Suggested donation is $5.00 per person. Members of the friends of Freer House are free.
WHERE: The Merrill Palmer Skillman Institute,
MORE INFO: The Freer Gallery was the first ART museum to find its place on the National Mall in
Drutchas has written extensively on Charles Lang Freer, Charles Moore, and Senator James McMillan for Michigan History Magazine and the Michigan Historical Review.
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