Ceremony for the "Mona Lisa" at the National Gallery of Art

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Date
1963-01-08
Summary
The French government and the Louvre museum lent Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa" to the United States from December 1962 to March 1963. On January 8, 1963, the painting was unveiled at the National Gallery of Art with remarks by president John F. Kennedy and Andre Malraux, French Minister of Culture. Several minutes of crowd noises.
Publisher
Westinghouse Broadcasting Company. Group W
Genre
Special events radio coverage
Collection
Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes
Unit
Special Collections and University Archives
Language
English
Rights Statement
In Copyright
Physical Description
sound tape reel
Notes
A guide to the full collection of Group W (Westinghouse Broadcasting Company) audio tapes is available in our archival collections: https://hdl.handle.net/1903.1/43884
Other Identifiers
Catalog Key: bcast-076983; Other: 0492-MMC

Access Restrictions

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