Skeleton Hall, Primate Exhibit, U.S. National Museum
Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- United States National Museum
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Primate exhibit in the Skeleton Hall in the new United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. The case shows a variety of primate skeletons, including that of a human. Other animal skeletons are visible in the surrounding cases.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder: 8
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- c. 1911
- Standard number
- 11111-B or MNH-11111B
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Cyanotype
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Color: Cyanotype; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Cyanotype
- Place
- Washington (D.C.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Primates
- Physical anthropology
- Exhibitions
- Mammals
- Skeleton
- Natural history
- Natural history museums
- Record ID
- siris_sic_9950
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Usage conditions apply
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