Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State
About Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State
The diplomatic reception rooms at the United States Department of State are forty-two principal rooms and offices used by the United States Secretary of State in the conduct of diplomacy. Located on the seventh and eighth floors of the Harry S Truman Building in Washington, D.C., the diplomatic reception rooms include one of the nation's foremost museum collections of American fine and decorative arts.
Architect Edward Vason Jones designed several of the rooms between 1965 and 1980. Clement Conger, curator of the collections from 1961 to 1990, assembled many of the art, furniture, and decorative arts objects.
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