[Congressional Bills 108th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Res. 582 Introduced in House (IH)]






108th CONGRESS
  2d Session
H. RES. 582

       Congratulating The Jewish Museum on its 100th anniversary.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                             March 29, 2004

  Mr. Engel (for himself, Mrs. Maloney, Mr. Fossella, Mr. Towns, Mr. 
Israel, Mr. Sweeney, Mr. McNulty, Mr. Bishop of New York, Mr. Serrano, 
   Mrs. Lowey, Mr. Berman, Mr. Ackerman, Mr. Frost, Mr. McHugh, Mr. 
  Hinchey, Mr. Wexler, Mr. Boehlert, Mr. Crowley, Mr. Nadler, and Mr. 
 Weiner) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the 
                     Committee on Government Reform

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                               RESOLUTION


 
       Congratulating The Jewish Museum on its 100th anniversary.

Whereas The Jewish Museum was established on January 20, 1904, when Judge Mayer 
        Sulzberger donated 26 ceremonial art objects to the Jewish Theological 
        Seminary of America as the core of a museum collection;
Whereas The Jewish Museum is the preeminent United States institution exploring 
        the intersection of 4,000 years of art and Jewish culture;
Whereas 200,000 people visit the Museum each year;
Whereas in 1939, the imperiled Jewish community of Danzig (Gdansk, Poland) sent 
        ritual objects from its synagogues and homes to New York City for 
        safekeeping and that some 350 of these objects, entrusted to the Museum, 
        are now incorporated into the collection;
Whereas in 1944, Frieda Schiff Warburg gave the Seminary her family residence at 
        1109 Fifth Avenue to house the Museum, and in 1947, The Jewish Museum 
        inaugurated its new home;
Whereas in 1952, 120 ceremonial objects, looted by the Nazis and recovered by 
        the United States military, were presented to the museum by the Jewish 
        Cultural Reconstruction Agency;
Whereas in 1957, the Museum presented a groundbreaking contemporary art 
        exhibition, Artists of the New York School: Second Generation, featuring 
        works by 23 young artists who later became prominent including Helen 
        Frankenthaler, Jasper Johns, Robert Rauschenberg, and George Segal;
Whereas in 1981, the National Jewish Archive of Broadcasting, with a mission to 
        collect, preserve, and exhibit television, cable television, and radio 
        programs related to the Jewish experience, was founded at the Museum 
        through support from the Charles H. Revson Foundation;
Whereas in 1993, the Museum reopened in expanded and renovated quarters 
        presenting a new permanent exhibition exploring art and Jewish culture 
        from ancient to modern times, Culture and Continuity: The Jewish 
        Journey, and initiating annual December 25th family programming;
Whereas in 2001, an exhibition of paintings from Chagall's early years is 
        presented by the Museum in Marc Chagall: Early Works from Russian 
        Collections;
Whereas throughout 2004, The Jewish Museum will offer the public a variety of 
        exhibitions, publications, and programs for visitors of all ages; and
Whereas the Museum will publish three centennial books illustrated with works 
        from its collections: a scholarly catalogue of its unparalleled 
        collection of Hanukkah lamps; a children's book highlighting art in the 
        collection that illuminates 350 years of the Jewish experience in North 
        America; and, a new overview of the collection titled ``Masterworks of 
        The Jewish Museum'': Now, therefore, be it
    Resolved, That the House of Representatives--
            (1) commends The Jewish Museum in New York City for a 
        century of exhibitions and programs educating and inspiring 
        people of all backgrounds about the art and culture of the 
        Jewish people;
            (2) recognizes that throughout the year, The Jewish Museum 
        shall devote special programs for adults, schoolchildren, and 
        families on many aspects of Jewish culture; and
            (3) continues to acknowledge the vital work of The Jewish 
        Museum.
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