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[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 311 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. RES. 311

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens' 
  Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal 
   Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of the 150th 
             anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             April 10, 2019

   Mr. Nadler (for himself, Mrs. Carolyn B. Maloney of New York, Ms. 
   Jackson Lee, Mr. Cohen, Ms. Velazquez, Mr. Engel, Mr. Schiff, Mr. 
Tonko, Mr. Pascrell, Mr. Lowenthal, Mr. Payne, Mr. Higgins of New York, 
    Mr. Suozzi, Ms. Clarke of New York, Mr. Sires, Mr. Pallone, Ms. 
 DeLauro, Ms. Meng, Mr. Sean Patrick Maloney of New York, Ms. Pingree, 
Mr. Takano, Mr. Serrano, Mr. Espaillat, and Mr. Jeffries) submitted the 
following resolution; which was referred to the Committee on Oversight 
                               and Reform

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                               RESOLUTION

 
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Citizens' 
  Stamp Advisory Committee, as an entity of the United States Postal 
   Service, should issue a commemorative stamp in honor of the 150th 
             anniversary of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.

Whereas The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The Met) was founded on April 13, 1870, 
        by civic leaders, artists, businessmen, collectors, and philanthropists 
        for the express purpose of bringing art and art education to the 
        American people;
Whereas over the last 150 years, The Met has built a collection and education 
        programs that reach over 7 million museum visitors from around the 
        country and the world every year, bringing both art and education to 
        millions of Americans in fulfillment of its original mission;
Whereas today The Met is the largest art museum in the United States with over 4 
        million items in its collection, 80,000 of which are on display at any 
        time, and feature the work of many of the most important artists in 
        history;
Whereas throughout its history, The Met has celebrated American art and artists 
        and presented the first permanent installation in an American art museum 
        of American colonial and early Federal decorative arts and architecture;
Whereas The Met has preserved more than a dozen historic American interiors from 
        numerous buildings slated for demolition to preserve the history of 
        American design;
Whereas The Met now houses one of the world's largest and most important 
        collections of works by American artists, including: Berenice Abbott, 
        Mary Cassatt, Thomas Cole, John Singleton Copley, Thomas Eakins, Daniel 
        Chester French, Winslow Homer, John La Farge, Emanuel Leutze, Edmonia 
        Lewis, Maria and Julian Martinez, Georgia O'Keeffe, Frederic Remington, 
        Paul Revere, Diego Rivera, Augustus Saint-Gaudens, John Singer Sargent, 
        Alfred Stieglitz, Gilbert Stuart, Henry Ossawa Tanner, Louis Comfort 
        Tiffany, Kara Walker, and Frank Lloyd Wright, among many others;
Whereas The Met has built reciprocal memberships with 16 museums across the 
        country to ensure that Americans from every part of the country can 
        enjoy access to the treasures of the museum;
Whereas conservation, preservation, and research has always been central to The 
        Met's mission, and the museum now houses centers dedicated to the 
        conservation of objects, paintings, paper, photographs, textiles, 
        clothing, and other media in the museum's collection, ensuring that 
        these treasures remain accessible to generations of visitors;
Whereas The Met remains dedicated to providing educational resources for 
        millions of Americans through tours, interactive experiences, and 
        educator training;
Whereas in 2018, over 230,000 people participated in school-group tours of the 
        museum, including guided tours with museum experts, self-guided tours 
        tailored to teachers' needs, and opportunities for students to 
        participate in hands-on art projects through the museum's K-12 Studio 
        Art Workshop;
Whereas in 2018, over 5,000 educators participated in The Met's K-12 Educators 
        programs--including teacher workshops, Summer Educator Institutes, and 
        The Met Professional Learning Community--to support teachers integrating 
        the arts into the classroom;
Whereas The Met makes available art-based lesson plans and curriculum resources 
        for free on the museum's website to bring the treasures and learning 
        opportunities of The Met to millions of children around the country;
Whereas The Met has made it a priority to bring art to Americans of all ages and 
        developed the MetFamilies and MetTeens programs and events specifically 
        to inspire the next generation of great American artists; and
Whereas The Met has been an American cultural institution for nearly 150 years; 
        inspired new artists, historians, and collectors; exposed millions of 
        Americans to the history, culture, and art of the world; and remains 
        vital to the cultural health of the Nation: Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Representatives 
that--
            (1) the United States Postal Service should issue a postage 
        stamp honoring the 150th anniversary of the founding of the 
        Metropolitan Museum of Art; and
            (2) the Citizens' Stamp Advisory Committee should recommend 
        to the Postmaster General that such a stamp should be issued.
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