Docent Led Tour of Highlights of Dumbarton Oaks-FREE
Many thanks to Board Members Allegra Richards for arranging this tour and to Abby Phillips for accompanying the HCW Members
Our galleries feature specialized collections of Byzantine and Pre-Columbian art, European masterpieces on view in the historic Music Room, and a rotating program of Special Exhibitions.
Mildred and Robert Woods Bliss initiated these collections in the first half of the twentieth century and provided the vision for future acquisitions after giving Dumbarton Oaks to Harvard University.
The tour is limited to 20 HCW members and their guests.
About Dumbarton Oaks:
Dumbarton Oaks is located in residential Georgetown. The original Federal-style house was purchased by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Woods Bliss in 1920. They added the Music Room in 1929 and the wing to house their Byzantine collection in 1940. The same year they built this wing, they gave the house, gardens, and collections to Harvard University. In 1963, the Pre-Columbian wing, designed by Philip Johnson, and the Garden Library were added to display Mr. Bliss's collection of Pre-Columbian art, which had been on long-term loan to the National Gallery of Art, and Mrs. Bliss's collection of rare and modern books related to all aspects of the history of gardens.
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