Friends of Art records, 1934-1996.

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Friends of Art records, 1934-1996.

The records predominately reflect the administrative and membership activities of the group. Among the activities documented are art purchases, guild trips, special contributions, and the operation of both the Sales and Rental Gallery and the Coffee Lounge at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7615712

The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Coffee Lounge.

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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Sales and Rental Gallery.

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Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art.

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There was only one individual to hold an exhibition design related curatorship at the Museum. This was D. Craig Craven. Craven joined the Museum staff in March 1964 as the exhibitions designer. The following year the position title was changed to assistant curator of exhibitions. In 1970 Craven was promoted to curator of exhibitions. He left the Museum in 1973, after a short stint as the adjunct curator of exhibitions. From the description of Curator of Exhibitions records, 1967-1972...