View of Quadrangle from Top Forrestal Building

Summary

On the south side of the Castle is the four acres of grounds, the South Yard, that contains the Enid A. Haupt Garden (center) and the Renwick gate. On the left is the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Asian Art) (AMSG) entrance pavilion (pyramided roof) and on the right is the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) (domed roof). Both museums opened September 28, 1987. Also seen is the west corner of the Arts and Industries Building (A&I) and in the center the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), the "Castle." Behind the Sackler is the kiosk, entrance to the S. Dillon Ripley International Center (RC).

Subject

• Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
• Arts and Industries Building
• South Yard
• National Museum of African Art (U.S.)
• Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
• National Archives and Record Administration (NARA)
• S. Dillon Ripley International Center

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Featured in TORCH supplement, September 1987

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 5, Folder: September 1987

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1987

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Museum buildings
• Architecture
• Renwick Gates
• Grounds
• Gardens
• Gates
• Buildings

Place

Enid A. Haupt Garden (Washington, D.C.)

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Aerial

ID Number

87-7964-12 or 87-7964.12

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Aerial; Medium: Photographic print

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