Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 163, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1920 — Growth of Museum of Art. [ARTICLE]

Growth of Museum of Art.

The celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art recalls much that is Interesting In the early history of the museum, which was incorporated April 13, 1870, and whose opening reception was held on Feb. 20 1872, says the New York Evening Sun. The museum came into being by raising 5250,000 for all purposes including the purchase of works of art of every description, as well as the maintenance of the Institution. Today one article of one collection, the Rospiglioal cup of Benvenuto Cellini, is valued at this sum, while the value of the collection as a whole cannot even be estimated.