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Photographs, 1976-1996

Object Details

Notes
Electronic List in accession file.
Folder List in accession file.
For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.
Organization
Unarranged
Summary
This accession consists of photographs used by the Office of Public Affairs to publicize Smithsonian Institution museums and their collections, research institutes, and other Smithsonian Institution facilities. Represented in this collection are the Smithsonian Institution Building; the Quadrangle Building; the Enid A. Haupt Garden; the Arts and Industries Building; the National Museum of Natural History; the National Museum of American History; the National Air and Space Museum; the Anacostia Museum; the National Postal Museum; the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center; the National Museum of American Art; the National Portrait Gallery; the Freer Gallery of Art; the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery; the National Museum of African Art; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden; the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center; the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute; and the Museum Support Center. Materials include black-and-white photographs and slides; color slides; contact sheets; and lists of photographs and negative numbers.
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Data Source
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Date
1976
1976-1996
Local number
SIA Acc. 09-266
Creator
Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs
Subject
Anacostia Museum
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Freer Gallery of Art
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
National Museum of American History (U.S.)
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
National Postal Museum (U.S.)
Smithsonian Environmental Research Center
Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
Arts and Industries Building (Washington, D.C.)
National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
Quadrangle Building (Washington, D.C.)
Smithsonian Institution Museum Support Center
Type
Manuscripts
Collection descriptions
Black-and-white photographs
Color transparencies
Black-and-white transparencies
Physical description
1 cu. ft. (1 record storage box)
Place
Enid A. Haupt Garden (Washington, D.C.)
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Photographs 1965-2007 [Smithsonian Institution Office of Public Affairs]
Topic
Museum buildings
Museums--Public relations
Publicity
Record ID
siris_arc_283630
Usage
CC0
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