Sneak Peek 5/27/2019

Exterior view of South Shed, looking northeast with Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, in view, April 18, 1974. Built in 1898, the South Shed was used for the preparation of exhibition specimens, and later as the "Bug House." It was demolished in the fall of 1975 in preparation for the Victorian Garden which opened in 1976. 

Exterior view of South Shed, looking northeast with Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, in

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