Engraving of the Rotunda in the United States National Museum
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- United States National Museum
- Arts and Industries Building
- Arts and Industries Building Rotunda
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- From "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington." New York: Brentano Brothers, 1886, page 20.
- Summary
- Illustration (Fig. 6) in "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington" of the Rotunda of the United States National Museum (Arts and Industries Building) with visitors walking and sitting among Native American displays, the fountain and living plants.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Information File, Box: SI Guide Books 1883-1890, Folder: Smithsonian Guide Book 1886 (Brentano Brothers)
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1886
- Standard number
- 95-20346
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Engraving
- Interior
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 4w x 6h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Interior; Medium: Engraving
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Indians of North America
- Museum visitors
- Visitor's Guide
- Exhibitions
- Museum buildings
- Botany
- Plants
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9150
- Metadata Usage (text)
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