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Early Acquisitions: Bliss Collecting in Paris and London, 1912–1919
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Pre-Columbian Collection,
Bliss and Orientation Galleries,
Byzantine Collection,
Museum
April 25, 2017–August 2018 | This selection of objects explores the taste and acquisitions of Robert and Mildred Bliss when they lived in Paris.
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Ancient Bronzes in the Dumbarton Oaks Collections
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Museum,
Byzantine Collection,
Courtyard Gallery
April 25, 2017–February 8, 2018 | The selection of objects highlights the craft of bronze metallurgy and the use and meaning of ancient works in bronze.
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City Water/City Life
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Rare Book Gallery,
Mellon Initiative,
Museum,
Garden and Landscape Studies,
Rare Book Collection
April 25–August 2017 | This exhibit traces the development of water elements in three historic cities and their interaction with social and cultural milieus, ...
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Imagining the Empress: Theodora in Popular Culture, 1882–1922
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Archives,
Ephemera Collection,
Museum
April–October 2017 | This exhibit features items from popular culture that represent the grandeur of Theodora and her world.
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Early Byzantine Furnishing Textiles and Pre-Columbian Dress
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Pre-Columbian Collection,
Museum,
Byzantine Collection,
Textile Gallery
August 2017–July 2018 | This textile rotation features late Roman and early Byzantine hangings and curtains alongside Andean looped and woven garments.
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Manuscripts in the Byzantine Collection
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Museum,
Online Collection,
Resources,
Byzantine Collection,
Byzantine,
Byzantine Studies
Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss acquired the first manuscript for the museum in 1939. The manuscripts in the Byzantine Collection available as digital ...
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The Renovation of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum
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Museum,
News
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2016
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How Mosaics Were Made and Made Known
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Byzantine Studies,
Museum,
News
Classical Art Historian Will Wootton Speaks at Dumbarton Oaks
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2016
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Spectroscopic Analysis of Museum Objects
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Pre-Columbian Studies,
Pre-Columbian Collection,
Museum,
News,
Behind the Scenes
Dumbarton Oaks Collaborates with the Walters Art Museum
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2016
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Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? (Part 2)
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75th Anniversary,
Institutional History,
Museum,
Gardens
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2016