At the beginning of the Cold War, the United States created a secret hideaway for its art collections in Lynchburg, Virginia.
Special thanks to Archivist Margaret Huang with the National Gallery of Art Archives.
Bibliography
The Maier Museum of Art at Randolph College. “About.” Accessed August 13 2024. https://maiermuseum.org/visit/about/.
Lawson, Karol. “Project Y: An Art Gallery For R-MWC.” Lynch’s Ferry. Fall 2002.
Smithsonian Institution. “Report on the National Gallery of Art.” United States Government Printing Office. 1952. https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/About/pdf/annual-reports/annual-report-1951.pdf.
Media Sources
“National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C. South facade, general view from right.” (1940). https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2018738506/.
Main Park Gate at Los Alamos. (2022) https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Main_Park_Gate_at_Los_Alamos.jpg.