Seven ranges of shelving involving about 10,000 volumes collapsed toward the windows of the Botany and Horticulture Library at the Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History as a result of the Aug. 23, 2011 Virginia earthquake, bending the steel shelving beyond repair.
Earthquake Damage: Botany Library
Photo: James DiLoreto, Smithsonian's National Museum of Natural History
August 26, 2011
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