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May 1, 2000
Lecture on Georgia O'Keeffe to Highlight Art Museum Annual Meeting
PRINCETON -- "Finding Paintings/Solving Puzzles: The Georgia O'Keeffe Catalogue Raisonné," a special illustrated lecture, will highlight the annual meeting of the Friends of The Art Museum, Princeton University. It is scheduled for Tuesday, May 9, at 4 p.m. in McCosh 10 on the university campus. A reception in the Museum will follow. Both events are open to the public.
The speakers will be Barbara Buhler Lynes, author of the catalogue raisonné and curator at the Georgia O'Keeffe Museum in Santa Fe, and Judith Walsh, senior paper conservator at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., and contributor to the catalogue raisonné project.
The Friends of The Art Museum, Princeton University, are committed to promoting the accessibility and enjoyment of The Art Museum through membership, lectures, tours, and other activities. The Friends also support many outstanding exhibitions held at the Museum.
The Art Museum is open to the public without charge. Free highlights tours of the collection are given every Saturday at 2 p.m. The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Sunday from 1 to 5 p.m. It is closed on Monday and major holidays. The Museum Shop closes at 5 p.m.
The Museum is located in the middle of the Princeton University campus. Picasso's large sculpture Head of a Woman stands in front. For further information, please call (609) 258-3788.