Exhibition Records, circa 1950, 1952-2022

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Summary

Consists of records documenting the planning, organization, design, and promotion of exhibits as well as accepted and rejected exhibition proposals and collaborations with other Smithsonian and non-Smithsonian museums and bureaus during the tenures of Peggy Loar, Director, 1981-1987; Eileen Rose, Acting Director, 1987-1988; Anna R. Cohn, Director, 1988-2014; Myriam Springuel, Director, 2014-2024. Materials include correspondence, reports, checklists, publications, memoranda, and notes; planning documents; exhibition proposals and staff comments; contracts and agreements; meeting agendas; loan information; packing instructions; budget summaries; exhibition design, installation, floorplans, and opening event information; object lists; label copy and scripts; itineraries; press releases and media notes; exhibition books, catalogues, brochures, newsletters, drawings, concepts, surveys, and fliers; educational publications; press kits; videotapes; newspapers and clippings; rights and permissions, fundraising, promotional materials, and marketing information; journal articles; visitor comments; committee information; photographs and slides; transparencies and negatives; and other supporting documentation. Some materials are in electronic format.

Subject

  • Loar, Peggy A
  • Rose, Eileen
  • Cohn, Anna R. 1950-
  • Springuel, Myriam A

Category

Series Level Description

Notes

  • To view records that comprise this series, see the detailed list of accessions and/or record units below.
  • For a history of the creating unit, refer to "Forms part of" above.

Organization

Alphabetic, chronologic, by exhibition, and unarranged

Repository Loc.

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520

Date

  • 1950
  • 1950-2022
  • circa 1950, 1952-2022

Restrictions & Rights

Materials less than 15 years old Restricted. Contact reference staff for details

Topic

  • Loans
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Public relations
  • Traveling exhibitions
  • Periodicals
  • Museums
  • Contracts
  • Museum exhibits
  • Museums--Public relations
  • Museum publications

Form/Genre

  • Pamphlets
  • Picture postcards
  • Audiotapes
  • Black-and-white photographs
  • Brochures
  • Clippings
  • Color slides
  • Color photographs
  • Color transparencies
  • Floor plans
  • Manuscripts
  • Videotapes
  • Blueprints
  • Floppy disks
  • Black-and-white negatives
  • Color negatives
  • Black-and-white transparencies
  • Electronic records
  • Newspapers
  • Books
  • Compact discs
  • Digital versatile discs
  • Drawings
  • Transcripts
  • Newsletters
  • Ephemera
  • Exhibition catalogs
  • Posters
  • Serials (publications)

Local number

SIA RS00438

Physical description

353.51 cu. ft. unprocessed holdings

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