Ethnology Exhibit, Natural History Building - Diorama
Object Details
- Creator
- United States National Museum Photographic Laboratory
- Subject
- United States National Museum
- United States National Museum Department of Anthropology
- USNM No. 43068B
- See United States National Museum Annual Report, 1955, p. 2-3.
- Summary
- United States National Museum exhibit in the Natural History Building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, featuring diorama recreating the moment when Lucayan Indians of the Bahamas saw the ships of Christopher Columbus in 1492.
- Cite as
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder 01A, Image No. SIA_000095_B44_F01A_008
- Repository Loc.
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
- 1955
- Local number
- SIA RU000095 [SIA_000095_B44_F01A_008]
- Restrictions & Rights
- No access restrictions. Many of SIA's holdings are located off-site, and advance notice is recommended to consult a collection. Please email the SIA Reference Team at osiaref@si.edu
- No Copyright - United States
- Type
- Black-and-white photographs
- Physical description
- Gelatin silver prints; 8 x 10;
- Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Topic
- Exhibitions
- Ethnology
- Anthropology
- Models and modelmaking
- Museum exhibits
- Record ID
- siris_arc_402338
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
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