Report of the Assistant Director of the United States National Museum for the Year 1881

Object Details

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Summary

Goode divides the history of the United States National Museum into three periods and reviews the role of the USNM as a museum for record, research and education. Contains his plan of organization for the National Museum and summarizes museum activities for 1881.

Contained within

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution, 1881 (Book)

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Date

1883

Author

Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896

Subject

United States National Museum

Physical description

pp. 81-165

Publisher

Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office

Topic

Museum techniques

Museums--Educational aspects

National Collections

SI, Early History

Record ID

siris_sic_3157

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