Diplomatic Reception Rooms, U.S. Department of State

The Diplomatic Reception Rooms in the Harry S Truman Building are forty-two ceremonial and working interiors on the seventh and eighth floors of the U.S. Department of State in Washington, D.C. Used by the secretary of state for official hospitality and diplomacy, they also contain a major collection of American fine and decorative arts. Their character was shaped largely from 1965 to 1980 by architect Edward Vason Jones, and much of the collection was assembled under curator Clement Conger. Focused on the early Federal period and broader U.S. diplomatic history, the rooms unite government function, historic interpretation, and notable artifacts linked to independence, diplomacy, and the early republic.

Washington, District of Columbia · United States