National Gallery in Natural History

Summary

View from the northeast end of the National Gallery of Art (NGA), now the Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM), in the United States National Museum (USNM) building, now known as the Natural History Building (NHB), July 1924. Paintings fill the gallery in the foreground. Above the passageway on the left is a plaque, which reads, "The National Gallery of Art." Visible through that passageway is another gallery filled with paintings. Through that gallery a hall with statuary and paintings is visible. Through the opening on the far right can be seen a statue in a reclined position covered with a glass case. Through Statuary and paintings in the second adjoining gallery can be seen as well as more paintings in the background.

Subject

• Smithsonian Gallery of Art
• National Collection of Fine Arts
• National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• National Gallery of Art of the Smithsonian
• United States National Museum
• Natural History Building

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 311, Box 30, Folder 14

Contact information

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

Date

1924

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Art
• Sculpture
• Exhibitions
• Statues
• Art Hall
• Art--Exhibitions
• Painting

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Exhibit

ID Number

8625C or MAH-8625C

Physical description

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

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