Exhibition Records, circa 1950, 1952-2022
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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