Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Record Unit 639
Smithsonian Institution. Buildings Management Department. Engineering and Construction Branch
Photographs and Drawings, 1963-1974
Descriptive Entry
This record unit consists of exterior construction progress photographs and some blueprints documenting construction of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the National Air and Space Museum, and the National Museum of History and Technology, as well as the renovation of the Patent Office, Civil Service Commission, and Natural History Buildings.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Civil Service Commission Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- National Air and Space Museum (U.S.)
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- Patent Office Building (Washington, D.C.)
Subject
- Architectural design
- Buildings -- Maintenance
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
- Museum buildings
- Smithsonian buildings
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 639, Smithsonian Institution. Buildings Management Department. Engineering and Construction Branch, Photographs and Drawings