A behind-the-scenes look at the National Gallery of Art including its private spaces, workshops, offices, and labs where visitors rarely enter.
Contents
Six a.m. -- Curators are curious -- The paintings make the rules -- Conservation doctors -- Movers and shakers -- Art in words -- The protectors -- Paradise gardening -- The need to know -- Six p.m.
Illustrations: Lake Lucerne / Albert Bierstadt -- Ceremonial Arapaho dress -- Mandan man's shirt.