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A Scholarly Patina
They threw open the doors of the Dumbarton Oaks Museum precisely at 2 p.m. on Tuesday and . . . the crowds trickled in. Quietly. Reverently. They crossed the dour threshold, trod over the ancient marble mosaics and remade the acquaintance of the rich, old dowager of Washington collections.-
By Philip Kennicott