Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State
The John Quincy Adams State Drawing Room features the desk upon which was signed the 1783 Treaty of Paris, ending the American Revolutionary War. The painting above depicts Franklin and Adams affixing their signatures. | |
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| Established | January 1961 |
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| Location | Harry S Truman Building, Northwest, Washington, D.C., U.S. |
| Coordinates | 38°53′40″N 77°02′54″W / 38.8944°N 77.0484°W |
| Type | art, furniture, decorative arts |
| Collections | Federal-era American arts |
| Visitors | 90,000 |
| Founder | Clement Conger |
| Operator | Office of Fine Arts |
| Director | Virginia B. Hart (2024) |
| Owner | U.S. State Department |
| Public transit access | Foggy Bottom |
| Website | diplomaticrooms.state.gov |
The Diplomatic Reception Rooms at the United States Department of State are forty-two principal rooms and offices where the United States Secretary of State conducts the business of modern 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.