Object Details
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- National Air and Space Museum
- Arts and Industries Building
- Statue of Freedom (Statue)
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Through the cooperation of the Architect of the Capitol, Hon. Edward Clark, the original full-size plaster model of the "Statue of Freedom" by sculptor Thomas Crawford which sits atop the dome of the United States Capitol Building was transferred from the basement of the Capitol to the United States National Museum building, now the Arts and Industries Building, and was installed in the Rotunda on December 15, 1890.
- Summary
- The original Wright Brothers Flyer from 1903 suspended in the North Hall of the Arts and Industries Building above the Military History Exhibition. Visitors pass through the exhibit with one young boy looking up at the airplane. The wheels of the Spirit of St. Louis can be seen behind the Wright Flyer and the Statue of Freedom can be seen in the Rotunda.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 40
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
- 1950s
- Standard number
- 2003-19574
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Type
- Transparencies
- Exhibit
- Physical description
- Color: Color; Size: 4 3/4w x 3 3/4h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Transparency
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Topic
- Wright Flyer (Airplane)
- Arts and Industries Building--North Hall
- Military History Exhibition
- Museum visitors
- Airplanes
- Exhibitions
- Record ID
- siris_sic_10502
