Foucault Pendulum and the Star-Spangled Banner
Object Details
- Author
- Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017
- Subject
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
- Star-Spangled Banner (Flag)
- Pendulum Hall (MHT)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Image of the Center Hall of the National Museum of American History, prior to its 2008 renovation. Inside the Center Hall, a group of visitors pause for a look at two favorite attractions of the museum, the Foucault pendulum and the awe-inspiring Star-Spangled Banner.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015, Box 2, Folder: Torch November 1993
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1993
- Standard number
- 93-13286-2 and SIA2008-2449
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Interior
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Earth--Rotation
- Entrance halls
- Flags
- Foucault's pendulum
- Museum visitors
- Pendulum
- Exhibitions
- Artifacts
- Record ID
- siris_sic_7177
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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