New-York tribune., 1902-12-23
OPEN NEW MUSEUM WING
Exercises at FIffh-aUe. Addltion Of
Metropolitan.
THE srATuARY IN ENTRANCE HALL

The Metropolitan Museum Of Art with fornal
exercises threw open its new Fifth-ave wing yes
terday afternoon This wing. owing to It's posltion
In FIfth-ave., is the natural entrance to the 1nu-
scum and has been treated both inside and OUT
It forms stately and impressive portal to the nlu-
scum. The entrance is reached at the top OF
fight of marble steps.
The exercises Yesterday brief. Entrance
| to the museum confined to special invitation
hut the spacious rooms and corridors were
thronged The formal exercises began at 2;So
o'clock The Right Rev H Y. Satterlee, Bishcp
of Washington opened the ceremony with prayer
W R. Wilcox, Park Commissioner made speech
delivering the building to the trustees f. W.
Rhinelander. president of the museum. in accepting
the building behalf of the trustees said in part
1t gives Great pleasure on behalf OF tiie the
thanks for the cordial relations which have exist
ed with the city authorities during Its constructor
It is proof of the interest of the government in
the Instruction and education of those for WHOM ON
this museum exists It is also monument to the
whose plans were adopted by the CITY, 10 our eied
tension Of this building in both directions, along
the nGrth and ahe b cenra s budn
in square. with open courts lnsurlng ample hsh'
A great authority has said that our museum y cum
could not be the greatest although IN 1s
were in the possession of the museums OF Europe
While this may be true there is still wide field
open from which may be gathered on3ec's OF their M
The Rogers bequest has not yet come to us us on on
account Of delay in settling claims in the estate;
but it is expected that in short time the income
Objects Of interest in many departments. Ill,
An must hopS that the duty on oscfons ii may
Increase. and loans be made to us by their owners
growth of a museum worthy of a great metropolis
Mayor Low made address. declaring the build
| ing open to the public.
The entrance hall is embellished by bronzes and
In, Mon a q
Monniess "Bacchante." Paul Bartletts bear
Tanner" and q seated symbolical woman's nsure'
by w W. Story. among them Aside from
modern statuary. sarcophagi from Cyprus oelohg-
ing to the Cesnola collection, are shown In one
wing of the new part is italian tapestry or the
eighteenth century, given by Mrs. Augustus Van
Horne Ellis. and now shown for the hrst time
The Elizabeth Cole tapestries also shown. In
the upper galleries three Chinese bells loaned
by DR. L. L Seaman. The Phoenix collection Oh
Chinese and Japanese lacquers is newly exposed
The main building has been rearranged In part and
a number of new paintings have been aooeo as
loans gifts Thus. In Strange seas. a !aIse
marine picture by George w Maynard X A., mas
been secured from William F. Havemeyer; Mrs.
Frederick Butteraeld has loaned two pictures by
George Inness, "A Breezy Afternoon and "A Pass
ing Storm William = and H +. osborn nave
given The Hcgean Sea- by the late Frederic E
Church and Lyman c. Bloomingdale has present
ed THE Forging Of the Shaft" large canvas by
John F. WeiF One Of the galleries contains TWO
Serbert Tweddle and the other consisting OF thirty
pieces. gift from Colonel A G Llcklnson-
The trustees most OF whom ATTENDED the ceFe-
mony. are:
F. ". Rhnelendsr. Samuel T. avery.
yy,uisrn p Dodc Kennedy.
Daniel Huntington ftutherfurd StuyEesAnt
William /. Andrews. Chartes stewart shaitt
General Louis P 81 CeS-l william r Ware.
noia whkelaw Reid
II q Fahns,tock Edward D. Adams.
Darius O.. Mills John BseloW
j Pierpdnt Elihu Root.
". De Forest John CROSBY Brown
Others invited were:
Controller Edw. 81 GTout. George c. Clsussa.
Morris Jesup. Bird 5. Cocr.
Irrhbt.hcp J. n Farley. Jacob A. Cantor.
Commissioner John r. Eus- Augustus 81 OAuoenS
John la Fargo
NJ. CarEere- Professor AIiah 9lSrquand-
THOMAS Hastings. Duke de Loubat.
Commissioner John N Par John sloane.
fridge. JACOB L@itlsr
General Stewart L. WOOD T n. Esh!neiander
Fors General Hogato G. King.
Chauncey VI John Crosby Brown.
C.orse = Riyes General o. o Howard.
TstIiisr, 9 whitney Mrs S V. A. Grnnen
f.s-IN. waiter DamroEch-
Stanford white Iheoaofe Suuo
Cir Percy Sandersop. EN-Judge gooKstaVef.
Chow chi Frank =. gay
Carl SchurZ James r FeFI"
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