. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 26 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 1962. Opening of exhibit honoring 8th Congress of the International Musico- logical Society was marked by a demonstration of the recently restored Ruckers virginal of 1620 and Italian harpsichord of 1693. year's end one-third of the units for this large hall had been prepared in the laboratory. Meanwhile, George H. Watson made marked prog- ress in the restoration and trial erection of the series of period rooms which will be displayed in this hall. An exceptional collection of
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 26 NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 1962. Opening of exhibit honoring 8th Congress of the International Musico- logical Society was marked by a demonstration of the recently restored Ruckers virginal of 1620 and Italian harpsichord of 1693. year's end one-third of the units for this large hall had been prepared in the laboratory. Meanwhile, George H. Watson made marked prog- ress in the restoration and trial erection of the series of period rooms which will be displayed in this hall. An exceptional collection of marked l7th- and 18th-century American pewter, lent by Dr. Joseph H. Kler, and a New York repousse silver two-handled bowl, made in the early 18th century by Benjamin Wynkoop for Nicholas and Hil- letje Koosevelt and lent by Mrs. Jack E. Hovey, were placed upon exhibition in the existing hall of everyday life in early America in the Natural History building. Assistant curator Cynthia Adams Hoover prepared exhibit scripts for the hall of musical instruments in the new building. In collabora- tion with designer Joseph Shannon, she developed a very effective special exhibition of rare and seldom exhibited musical instruments from the Museum collections on the occasion of the Eighth Congress of the International Musicological Society in September. On view through October, this attractive display i^resentod instruments asso-. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
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