Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 06-059
Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
Exhibition Records, circa 1963-2005
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records that document the planning, execution, administration, and promotion of traveling exhibitions. Materials include correspondence, memoranda, press releases, press kits, photographs, catalog text, itineraries, fact sheets, checklists, meeting agendas, clippings, budgets, proposals, brochures, notes and related records. Records are arranged by exhibition title (exhibition ID number) and date(s). Some materials are in electronic format.
Restrictions
Use RestrictionRestricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2021; Transferring office; 9/27/1984 memorandum, Glenn to Loar; 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
- Ellington, Duke, 1899-1974
- Red, Hot, and Blue: A Salute to American Musicals (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration, 1915-1940 (Exhibition) (1987-2006: Washington, D.C.)
- Hollywood: Legend and Reality (Traveling exhibition)
- Moscow: Treasures and Traditions (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)
- Tropical Rainforests: A Disappearing Treasure (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1994)
- What Style Is It? (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1992)
- Victorian Gardens: A Horticultural Extravaganza (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1993)
- Spectacular Vernacular: Traditional Desert Architecture from West Africa to Southwest Asia (Traveling exhibition) (1986-1991)
- Russian Impressionist: Paintings and Drawings of Leonid Pasternak, 1880-1945 (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1989)
- New Horizons: American Painting, 1840-1910 (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1988)
- Master Watercolors and Drawings from the Norton Gallery of Art (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1989)
- Grand Generation: Memory, Mastery, and Legacy (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1991)
- Glamour and Allure: The Hollywood Photographs of George Hurrell (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1990)
- Ceramics of the Weimar Republic (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1991)
- Facing the Gods: Ritual Masks of the Hymalayas (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1991)
- Portraits and Prospects: British and Irish Watercolors and Drawings from the Ulster Museum (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1992)
- Superman: Many Lives, Many Worlds (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1991)
- Threadworks: Miniature Textile Art (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1991)
- Views of Rome: Watercolors and Drawings from the Collection of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1991)
- Climbing Jacob’s Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1998)
- Constance Stuart Larrabee: World War II Photo Journal (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1995)
- Great American Comics: 100 Years of Cartoon Art (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1992)
- Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington (Traveling exhibition) (1993-1996)
- Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly: Human Attitudes Towards Animals (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1995)
- Fragile Ecologies: Artists' Interpretations and Solutions (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1995)
- Who's in Charge: Works and Managers in the United States (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1996)
- Songs of My People (Traveling exhibition) (1991-1997)
- Mexico: A Landscape Revisited (Traveling exhibition) (1994-1996)
- Try This On: A History of Clothing, Gender, and Power (Traveling exhibition) (1994-1997)
- An Ocean Apart: Contemporary Vietnamese Art from the United States and Vietnam (Traveling exhibition) (1995-1997)
- Seeing Jazz (Traveling exhibition) (1997-1999)
- Art As Activist: Revolutionary Posters from Central and Eastern Europe (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1994)
- Artrain: Art in Celebration! (Traveling exhibition) (1996-1999)
- Different Light: L'Ecole Lyonnaise, 19th century Paintings (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1995)
- Human Rights Posters (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1989)
- We'll Never Turn Back (Traveling exhibition) (1981-1982)
- Two Eagles/Dos Aguilas: A Natural History of the Mexican-American Boundary (Traveling exhibition) (1993-1997)
- Three Centuries of German Painting and Drawing from the Collection of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum of Cologne (Traveling exhibition) (1985-1986)
- Surealist Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn (Traveling exhibition) (1986-1987)
- Stormy Weather (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1995)
- Russia, The Land, The People: Russian Painting 1850-1910 (Traveling exhibition) (1986-1987)
- Newcomb Pottery: An Enterprise for Southern Women, 1895-1940 (Traveling exhibition)
- Good as Gold: Alternative Materials in American Jewelry (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1981)
- No Laughing Matter: Political Cartoonists on the Environment (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1996)
- Mouton Rothschild: Paintings for the Labels, 1945-1981 (Traveling exhibition) (1984-1989)
- Mary Cassatt: Graphic Art (Traveling exhibition) (1981-1982)
- Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Ireland (Traveling exhibition) (1983-1985)
- Power and Gold: Jewelry from Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines (Traveling exhibition) (1985-1989)
- Remaking America: New Uses, Old Places (Traveling exhibition) (1986-1991)
- Renaissance Master Bronzes from the Kunsthistorische Museum, Vienna (Traveling exhibition) (1986-1987)
- Revolution, Life, and Labor: Soviet Porcelains, 1918-1985 (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1995)
- In Splendor and Seclusion: Women in Art and Life at the Royal Court of Benin, Nigeria (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1988)
- Matchsafes (Exhibition) (1981: New York, N.Y.)
- Moroccan Jewelry (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1988)
- Art of Paul Manship (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)
- Pride of Place: The Collections of the National Trust of Scotland (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1990)
- Seeing Japan (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1992)
- Voices of Hellenism: The Collection of Hugo Benaki (Traveling exhibition)
- American Glass: Masters of the Art (Traveling exhibition) (1998-2000)
- Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska (Exhibition) (1988: Washington D.C.)
- Elba to Damascus: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Syria (Exhibition) (1987: Washington, D.C.)
- Family Folklore I (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1995)
- Flag in American Indian Art (Traveling exhibition)
- Generations: Birth Rituals and the Roots of Becoming (Exhibition) (1987: Washington, D.C.)
- Haiti II: The First Black Republic and Its Monuments to Freedom (Traveling exhibition)
- Ice Age Art (Traveling exhibition)
- Innovative Furniture in America (Exhibition) (1981: New York, N.Y.)
- Inside Active Volcanoes: Kilauea and Mount St. Helens (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1993)
- Irish Decorative Arts of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Collections of the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1992)
- King Herod's Dream: Caesarea on the Sea (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)
- Kings, Heroes, and Nomads: Pictorial Rugs from the Tribes of and Villages of Iran (Traveling exhibition)
- Lost Cities, Forgotten Kings: Discovering the Lost Cities of Honduras (Traveling exhibition)
- Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Magnificent Voyagers: The US Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Exhibition) (1985-1986: Washington, D.C.)
- Material Evidence: New Color Techniques in Handmade Furniture (Traveling exhibition)
- Millennium Messages (Traveling exhibition) (1999-2000)
- Noritake Art Deco Porcelain (Traveling exhibition)
- The Prairie Schoolhouse: A Photo Essay (Traveling exhibition) (1996-2000)
- Precious Legacy: Judaic Treasures from the Czechoslovak State Collections (Exhibition) (1983: Washington, D.C.)
- The Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation (Traveling exhibition) (1991-1993)
- Renaissance of Islam: Art of the Mamluks (Exhibition) (1982: Washington, D.C.)
- Savory Suppers and Fashionable Feasts: Dining in Victorian America (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1989)
- Sculpture: Exploring Three Dimensions (Traveling exhibition)
- Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth Centuty America (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)
- Spirited Objects: Traditional Craft for the 21st Century (Traveling exhibition)
- Treasures from the Smithsonian Institution at the Royal Scottish Museum (Exhibition) (1984: Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Vanishing Race and Other Illusions: A New Look at the Work of Edward Curtis (Traveling exhibition)
- Views of Rome: Watercolors and Drawings from the Collection of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1991)
- Voices of Hellenism: The Collection of Hugo Benaki (Traveling exhibition)
- Year of the Hopi: Paintings and Photographs by Joseph Mora, 1904-1906 (Traveling exhibition)
- Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight (Traveling exhibition) (2000-2002)
- Jazz Age in Paris: 1914-1940 (Traveling exhibition) (1996-2000)
- On Miniature Wings: Model Aircraft from the National Air and Space Museum (Traveling exhibition) (1999-2002)
- Earth 2U, Exploring Geography (I and II) (Traveling exhibition) (1995-2003)
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-059, Smithsonian Institution, Traveling Exhibition Service, Exhibition Records