On Thursday, June 4, National Museum of African Art and Smithsonian Library staff gathered to celebrate the 100th birthday of Mrs. Lillian Pharr for her 35 years of service to the Smithsonian’s Warren M. Robbins Library. Pharr was joined by friends and family including her son Kofi Ofori and grandson Brian Pharr. Glowing tributes were given by museum director Johnnetta Betsch Cole and Warren M. Robbins librarian Janet L. Stanley.
The Warren M. Robbins Library at the National Museum of African Art was founded in 1971 and is the major resource center in the United States for the research and study of the visual arts of Africa.
