Behind the Scenes: Diplomatic Reception Rooms

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Behind the Scenes: Diplomatic Reception Rooms

For several weeks each August, the State Department's Diplomatic Reception Rooms are closed to the public to allow conservators to repair and renovate the colle...

Federal News Network Staff

September 4, 2013 5:25 pm

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This porcelain piece was made in 1780 to commemorate the exchange of treaties between the United States and France.

'It's a wonderful piece that we can share with students to talk about what is protocol, what is diplomacy,' Craighill said. 'How to represent those things historically and in the decorative arts?'

*(Photo by Michael O'Connell/Federal News Radio)*

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