Object Details
- Author
- Sarna, Martin
- Subject
- Gilbert, Cass 1859-1934
- Alexander Hamilton Customs House
- National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
- National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.) George Gustav Heye Center
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Summary
- Visitors entering the Alexander Hamilton Customs House in New York City for the opening of the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian located there. The George Gustav Heye Center opened October 30, 1994. The 1907 Customs House is a Beaux Arts building designed by architect Cass Gilbert.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 08-031, Box 1, Folder: George Gustav Heye Center Opening Gala, October 27, 1994 (Folder 2 of 4)
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- October 30, 1994
- Standard number
- SIA2011-1381
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Event
- Photographic print
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 8w x 10h ; Type of Image: Event ; Medium: Photographic print
- Place
- New York
- New York (N.Y.)
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Eclecticism in architecture
- Architecture
- Museums
- Buildings
- Museum openings
- Record ID
- siris_sic_12962
