Record Series 776 contains exhibition files created by the curators of the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center (Hammer Museum) and the Frederic S. Wight Art Gallery (Wight Gallery). Included are materials documenting exhibitions held at the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center and the Frederic S. Wight Art Gallery; exhibitions organized by the Armand Hammer Museum and the Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts (Grunwald Center); and traveling exhibits developed by other institutions.

Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Cultural Center Founded by Dr. Armand Hammer, former Chairman of Occidental Petroleum Corporation, the Armand Hammer Museum of Art and Culture Center opened to the public in November of 1990. After Hammer's death in December of that year, the museum began negotiations with UCLA, resulting with the university assuming management and operations of the Hammer Museum in 1994. In 1995, the collections and staff of UCLA's Frederic S. Wight Art Gallery and Grunwald Center for the Graphic Arts were relocated to the Hammer and Henry Hopkins, formerly the director of the Wight Gallery, became director of the Hammer Museum until his retirement in 1998.

18 linear ft. (18 cartons)

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