Mona Lisa exhibition, United States
 JFK, Jackie, André Malraux, Lyndon B. Johnson, unveiling the Mona Lisa, 8 January 1963 | |
| Date | 1963 |
|---|---|
The Mona Lisa was exhibited in the United States in 1963. Planned by Jacqueline Kennedy and André Malraux, it was first displayed at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., with around 2,000 dignatories including John F. Kennedy at the first showing, followed by 500,000 people over the next three weeks. It was then transferred to the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, where a further one million people viewed it.[1][2][3][4][5]
References
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