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Home>Exhibitions>Past>2014>The Monuments Men and the National Gallery of Art

# The Monuments Men and the National Gallery of Art

February 11, 2014 – January 4, 2015West Building, Main Floor, Founders Room

**This exhibition is no longer on view at the National Gallery.**

 During World War II, as part of the military’s Monuments, Fine Arts, and Archives (MFAA) program, American art historians, museum and art professionals, and archivists were deployed as military officers to protect works of art, historical buildings and monuments, and archives in war theaters throughout western Europe. The National Gallery of Art was deeply involved in these efforts.

Through a small but poignant selection of photographs, documents, and memorabilia, many never before exhibited, this archival display describes the seminal role the National Gallery of Art played in the creation of the MFAA and the Roberts Commission and explores the real-life experiences of a few of the monuments men.

**Exhibition Feature**

Monuments Men Albums in the National Gallery of Art, Department of Image Collections

List of officers, selected bibliography, and related links

Press Release

                  - Patrimony in Peril: Germany’s Survey of Mural Paintings Threatened During WWII
                  -                                     Audio, Released:                                    December 16, 2014, (45:18 minutes)                                
                  - The Inside Story: Monuments Men and the National Gallery of Art
                  -                                     Audio, Released:                                    March 18, 2014, (92:22 minutes)                                
                  - Saving Italy: The Monuments Men, Nazis, and War
                  -                                     Audio, Released:                                    May 21, 2013, (68:41 minutes)                                

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