Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Washington, George 1732-1799
- Greenough, Horatio 1805-1852
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- George Washington statue, sculpted by Horatio Greenough, encased in its support system sits outside the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, waiting to be moved inside. The statue was moved into the building before construction was completed.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 276 Box 97 Folder 7
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1962
- Standard number
- 99-77
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Photographic print
- Event
- Physical description
- Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Horatio Greenough Statue of George Washington
- Moving of artifacts
- Statues
- Sculpture
- Museum buildings
- Event
- Record ID
- siris_sic_10456
