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The View from the Red Carpet
June 29, 2006


Guests enjoy the pre-opening Gala.

There are just a few staffers who were here in January 2000 when SAAM closed for renovation. I was one of them. July 2006 seemed far away back then —very abstract. So it was amazing to walk up to the entrance last Wednesday evening to see the red carpet and trumpeters hearlding the arrival of guests to our pre-opening Gala. We REALLY are going to open on July 1st at last!

Here are a few photographs of the evening shot by SAAM staff: the kickoff to a grand reopening.  We open in two days.


Posted by Jeff on June 29, 2006 in Museum Opening


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