Passenger Pigeon Exhibit, United States National Museum
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- United States National Museum
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum
- Division of Birds (USNM)
- Birds of the World (Exhibition) (1956: United States National Museum)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Passenger pigeon group exhibit in Bird Hall in the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) after the Exhibits Modernization Program. The birds are shown in a reproduction of their natural surroundings.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder: 5
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1956
- Standard number
- 43843 or MNH-43843
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Specimens
- Birds
- Ornithology
- Exhibitions
- Bird Hall (USNM)
- Museum exhibits
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9841
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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