Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 15-005
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of the Registrar
Exhibition Records, 1998-2012
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of exhibition records created and maintained by the Office of Registrar. The records relate their work in managing the loan of museum collection items for permanent and traveling exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, facility reports, condition reports, loan agreements, images, schedules, object lists, and contracts.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years; until Jan-01-2029. Boxes 1-8 contain materials restricted indefinitely; see finding aid. Transferring office; 9/25/1995 memorandum, Kirby to Jenkins; Contact reference staff for details.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Oscar! (Proposed exhibition)
- Portraits of the Presidents from the National Portrait Gallery (Traveling exhibition) (2000-2003)
- The Civil War Era: Images from the National Portrait Gallery (Proposed exhibition) (2001-2002)
- A Brush with History: Paintings from the National Portrait Gallery (Traveling exhibition) (2001-2003)
- Americans: Paintings and Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery, Washington (Traveling exhibition) (2002-2003)
- George Washington: A National Treasure (Traveling exhibition) (2002-2004)
- Eye Contact: Modern American Portrait Drawings (Traveling exhibition) (2002-2004)
- Portrait of the Art World: A Century of ARTnews Photographs (Traveling exhibition) (2002-2004)
- Portraits in Jazz: Thirty Musicians Who Made a Difference (Traveling exhibition) (2003)
- Women of Our Time: Twentieth-Century Photographs from the National Portrait Gallery (Traveling exhibition) (2003-2005)
- American Women: A Selection from the National Portrait Gallery (Traveling exhibition) (2004-2005)
- Gilbert Stuart (Traveling exhibition) (2004-2005)
- Retratos: 2,000 Years of Latin American Portraits (Traveling exhibition) (2004-2006)
- The Presidency and the Cold War (Exhibition) (2006-2008: Washington, D.C.)
- Josephine Baker: Image and Icon (Exhibition) (2006-2007: Washington, D.C.)
- Portraiture Now (Exhibition) (2006-2007: Washington, D.C.)
- One Life: Walt Whitman, a kosmos (Exhibition) (2006-2007: Washington, D.C.)
- Portraits of Sandra Day O'Connor (Exhibition) (2007: Washington, D.C.)
- Temple of Invention: History of a National Landmark (Exhibition) (2006-2008: Washington, D.C.)
- Harry Benson: Being There (Exhibition) (2007: Washington, D.C.)
- Royal Portraits of Celebration (Exhibition) (2007: Washington, D.C.)
- Great Britons: Treasures from the National Portrait Gallery, London (Exhibition) (2007: Washington, D.C.)
- Let Your Motto Be RESISTANCE: African American Portraits (Exhibition) (2007-2008: Washington, D.C.)
- Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition (Exhibition) (2006-2007: Washington, D.C.)
- Legacy: Spain and the United States in the Age of Independence, 1763-1848 (Exhibition) (2007-2008; Washington, D.C.)
- Portraiture Now: Framing Memory (Exhibition) (2007-2008: Washington, D.C.)
- Presidential Scholars in the Arts: Visual and Literary Works (Exhibition) (2008: Washington, D.C.)
- Zaida Ben-Yusuf: New York Portrait Photographer (Exhibition) (2008: Washington, D.C.)
- One Life: Kate, A Centennial Celebration (Exhibition) (2007-2008: Washington, D.C.)
- Edward Steichen: Portraits (Exhibition) (2008: Washington, D.C.)
- RECOGNIZE! Hip Hop and Contemporary Portraiture (Exhibition) (2008: Washington, D.C.)
- Herblock's Presidents: "Puncturing Pomposity" (Exhibition) (2008: Washington, D.C.)
- One Life: The Mask of Lincoln (Exhibition) (2008-2009: Washington, D.C.)
- Inventing Marcel Duchamp: The Dynamics of Portraiture (Exhibition) (2008-2009: Washington, D.C.)
- Tokens of Affection and Regard: Photographic Jewelry and Its Makers (Exhibition) (2008-2009: Washington, D.C.)
- Portraiture Now: Feature Photography (Exhibition) (2008-2009: Washington, D.C.)
- Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition (Exhibition) (2009-2010: Washington, D.C.)
- One Life: Thomas Paine, the Radical Founding Father (Exhibition) (2009: Washington, D.C.)
- Glimpse of the Past: A Neighborhood Evolves (Exhibition) (2010-2011: Washington, D.C.)
Subject
- Museum exhibits
- Portraits
- Art museums
- Museums -- Collection management
- Museum registration methods
- Museum loans
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 15-005, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Office of the Registrar, Exhibition Records