Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 94-088
National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
Exhibition Records, circa 1962-1993
Collection Overview
General Information About This Collection | |
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Repository: | Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu. |
Creator: | National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits |
Title: | Exhibition Records |
Dates: | circa 1962-1993 |
Quantity: | 4.5 cu. ft. (4 record storage boxes) (1 document box) |
Collection: | Accession 94-088 |
Language of Materials: | English |
Summary: | This accession contains records documenting the planning, construction, and maintenance of permanent and temporary exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Materials include scripts, plans, drawings, memoranda, reports, photographs, and related materials documenting Hall 7, "Peoples of Asia and Africa," and Hall 8, "Peoples of the Pacific;" files maintained by Office of Exhibits Chief Eugene F. Behlen, and Exhibit Programmers Carl A. Alexander and David Christie that document exhibition scheduling, planning, construction, and maintenance, as well as office administration; scripts; calendars; labels; schedules; and other related materials. Some materials are in electronic format. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession contains records documenting the planning, construction, and maintenance of permanent and temporary exhibitions at the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Materials include scripts, plans, drawings, memoranda, reports, photographs, and related materials documenting Hall 7, "Peoples of Asia and Africa," and Hall 8, "Peoples of the Pacific;" files maintained by Office of Exhibits Chief Eugene F. Behlen, and Exhibit Programmers Carl A. Alexander and David Christie that document exhibition scheduling, planning, construction, and maintenance, as well as office administration; scripts; calendars; labels; schedules; and other related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Alexander, Carl A.
- Behlen, Eugene F.
- Christie, David E.
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Peoples of Asia and Africa Hall
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Peoples of the Pacific Hall
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-088, National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits, Exhibition Records
Container List
Box 1
Peoples of Asia and Africa, c. 1964-1965 (Unit number = Exhibit Case number)
Hall 7 - Unit Scripts (2 folders)
Hall 7 - Unit List (key) and scripts
Hall 7 - Scripts (3 folders)
Hall 7 - Units 48, 45, 49, 1, 4, 55
Hall 7 - Exhibit Cases: Care, Damage, Lighting
Hall 7 - Souvenir Brochure [Designer (L. Lomax); Curator (Knez - Gibson)]
Hall 7 - Case #32: Herrero and Himbo
Hall 7 - Case #33: Hottentot Life
Hall 7 - Case #34: Bushmen
Hall 7 - Case #35: African Arts - Old and New
Hall 7 - Case #36
Hall 7 - Case #37: Kilimanjaro
Hall 7 - Case #38: Rwanda and Burundi
Hall 7 - Case #39: Cattle Herders of the Upper Nile
Hall 7 - Case #40: Somali
Hall 7 - Case #41: Amhara Culture
Hall 7 - Case #42: The World of Spirits
Hall 7 - Case #43: Dan Figure and Ashanti Gold Weights
Hall 7 - Case #44: Rock Art of North Africa
Hall 7 - Case #45: Old Kingdoms of West Africa
Hall 7 - Case #46: Markets and Money
Hall 7 - Case #47: Work in West Africa
Hall 7 - Case #48: West African Textiles
Hall 7 - Case #49: Home Industries in West Africa
Hall 7 - Unit #50: Yoruba Textiles and Clothing
Hall 7 - Case #50: Yoruba Textiles and Clothing
Hall 7 - Case #51: Morocco
Hall 7 - Case #52: A Shinto Shrine
Hall 7 - Case #53: Evolution of Farming in Japan
Hall 7 - Case #54: Textiles of the Ryukyu Islands
Hall 7 - Case #55: Buddhist Art in Korea
Hall 7 - Case #56: A Korean Room
Hall 7 - Case #57: Ivory Craftsmanship in East Asia
Hall 7 - Case #58: Chinese Kitchen Utensils
Hall 7 - Case #59: A Shrine to Confucius
Hall 7 - Case #60: The Languages of Asia
Hall 7 - Cases #61 and #62: Folk Crafts of Japan
Hall 7 - Case #63: Large Map
Box 2
Hall 7 - Cultures of Africa and Asia: Drawings, Units 1-3 (and Pedestal for Bust of H. Ward, Title Panels for Halls 7 and 8, Hall 6 Temporary Unit and Introductory Panel for opening of Hall 7, Floor Plan, and Kummerly & Frey Map of Asia)
Hall 7 - Cultures of Africa and Asia: Drawings, Units 4, 4A, 5-10, 10A
Hall 7 - Cultures of Africa and Asia: Drawings, Units 11, 11A, 12, 13
Hall 7 - Cultures of Africa and Asia: Drawings, Units 15-22
Hall 7 - Cultures of Africa and Asia: Drawings, Units 23, 23A-F, 24, 24A, 25 (note: Unit 25 is blank wall sprayed black)
Hall 7 - Cultures of Africa and Asia: Drawings, Units 26-27, 29, 30-34, 34A, 34B, 34 (temporary), 35-36
Hall 7 - Cultures of Africa and Asia: Drawings, Units 37-43
Hall 7 - Cultures of Africa and Asia: Drawings, Units 44-52 (note: Case 50 draped for opening 8/25/1967 - no drawing)
Hall 7 - Cultures of Africa and Asia: Drawings, Units 53-63 (56 and 60 no drawing issued)
Hall 7 - Memoranda and Draft Scripts with Annotations (3 folders)
Hall 7 - Unit 10B - Iron Artifacts
Hall 7 - Unit 50 - Egyptian Life Group. Includes photographs.
Hall 7 - Photos, African Hall
Hall 7 - Master Work Orders. Includes Unit History Reports, Specification Sheet for Plaque and Maps, photos and slides.
Hall 7 - Buddha Statue, Photos
Hall 7 - Korean House
Hall 7 - Iron Working in Mandara Mountains - Photos, Script, Memos
Hall 7 - Notes, Ethnology
Hall 7 - Contract Bidding Specifications
Hall 7 - Exhibit Production - Time Sheet, Ethnology
Hall 8 - Case #1: Relations of People to Areas of Pacific
Hall 8 - Case #2: Diversity of Pacific Culture
Hall 8 - Case #3: Easter Island Statues
Hall 8 - Case #4: Easter Island
Hall 8 - Case #5: Kings and Chieftans
Hall 8 - Case #6: Polynesian Warfare
Hall 8 - Case #7: Music of Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia
Hall 8 - Case #8: Woodworking and Art
Hall 8 - Case #9: Tapa
Hall 8 - Case #10: Polynesian Canoes and Gear
Hall 8 - Case #11: Seafaring in Micronesia
Hall 8 - Case #12: Micronesian Warfare
Hall 8 - Case #13: Yap Money
Hall 8 - Case #15: Australian Way of Life
Hall 8 - Case #16: Religion and Symbols of Arnhem Land
Hall 8 - Case #19: Cambodia - The Khmer Culture
Hall 8 - Case #20: Buddhism in Laos
Hall 8 - Case #21: Sindhi Village, West Pakistan (2 folders)
Hall 8 - Case #27: Religious Architecture of India and Pakistan
Hall 8 - Case #29: Textiles of India and Pakistan (see also folder for Hall 8 - Case #27)
Hall 8 - Case #38: Variety in Melanesia
Hall 8 - Case #41: Everyday Objects in Micronesia/Daily Life in Micronesia (2 folders)
Hall 8 - Case #42: Cultures of the Pacific and South Asia
Hall 8 - Case #43: Latte
Hall 8 - Case #44: Hawaiian Bowls
Box 3
Halls 7 and 8 - Memoranda, 1958-1965
Halls 7 and 8 - Lists and Photos
Hall 8 - Case #21: Sindhi Home
Hall 8 - Cases #21-22: Sindhi Culture, West Pakistan
Hall 8 - Case #22: The South Asian World - India and Pakistan
Hall 8 - Case #23: Arms and Armor of India and Pakistan
Hall 8 - Case #25: Folk Jewelry of India and Pakistan
Hall 8 - Case #26: Basketry of India and Pakistan
Hall 8 - Case #27: Clothing of Northwestern Africa
Hall 8 - Case #30: Asian Contributions to Western Civilization
Hall 8 - Case #31: Thai Craft Work
Hall 8 - Case #32: Music of Thailand
Hall 8 - Case #33: Stringed Instruments of India
Hall 8 - Case #34: Religion
Hall 8 - Case #35: Society
Hall 8 - Case #36: Indonesian Tribal Cultures
Hall 8 - Case #37: An Infugao Life Group
Hall 8 - Case #39: Art in New Guinea
Hall 8 - Case #40: Native Life in Fiji
Hall 8 - Case #45: Culture of Pre-European Hawaii
Hall 8 - Case #48: Maoris of New Zealand
Hall 8 - Case #49: Polynesian Fishing Apparatus
Hall 8 - Case #50: Cultural Differences in Aboriginal Polynesia
Hall 8 - Case #51: Samoan Culture
Hall 8 - Case #52: Samoa
Hall 8 - Case #53: Environment and Culture
Hall 8 - 21-22
Books and Negatives (List)
Entrances to Hall 8
Hall 8 - Miscellaneous
Hall 22 (North American Archaeology) - Exhibit #34: Piney Branch Quarry Group
Hall 22 (North American Archaeology) - Exhibit #38: The Hopewell Peoples of the Midwest
Monsieur Desert (2 photographs)
Hall 8 - Ethnology, Time Sheet
Hall 8 - Ethnology, Notes, etc. Doctors Risenberg & Knez
Hall 8 - Ethnology, Materials, Samples, and Correspondence
Publicity - Press Releases and Clippings
East Court Planning - Kathy Kerby, 1991
Fish Models - Loan, 1972-1979
West Court - (Eileen Ritter) New Shop, Interior Courtyard
Interior Courtyard Design - 1984-1985
Current Halls (7 and 8) - Exhibit Design Progress Reports, 1962-1965
Jane Walsh Requests for Arts, 1985
Tours for Museum Programs
Hall 2 - Trilobite Case
Paleo Prep Lab
Long Range Planning for Exhibits at NMNH - Preliminary Report to Secretary on Exhibits (2 folders)
Contract - Artist/Illustration, 1979
Kitchen Equipment
Hall 10 - Alaskan Brown Bear, Includes Photos Peter Haas
Whale Skull
Budget - FY 1985-1989
Revised Budget, 1989
North American Mammals - Photos of Cases
Hall 13 - Birds of the World - Photos and Slides of Cases
Halls 14 and 15 - World of Mammals, Photos of Cases
Hall 23 - Photo requests
Hall 14 - Photos of Cases
Hall Review, 1986 - Maintenance Report (Halls 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 18, 19, 21-26, Constitution Avenue Foyer, Splendors of Nature, Orientation Signage, Discovery Room)
Hall 23 - Script, File Copy
Hall 23 - Script, for Committee Review, 1975
Halls 7 and 8 - Memoranda, 1967-1986
Temporary Exhibitions
Accreditation Material
Kung Exhibit Proposal
Exhibition Proposals, c. 1990
Peter Haas
Box 4
David Christie Files
Hall 2 - Draft Scripts with Annotations (2 folders)
Hall 10 - Evolution - Revised Script, July 10, 1984
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution, 1983-1988
Hall 12 - Mammals, 1976-1985
Hall 13 - Birds, 1976-1985
Hall 14 - Mammals, 1976-1987
Hall 15 - Mammals, 1976-1985
Hall 16 - Life in the Sea, 1976-1986
Hall 20 - Earth, Moon, & Meteorites, 1975-1989
Maintenance Review Policy, 1984-1986
Baird Ambulatory Hall, 1976-1988
Hall 2 - Dinosaurs, 1981-1989
Hall 4 - Fossils, 1982-1986
Hall 6 - Ice Age, 1976-1986
Maintenance Review, 1983-1984
Hours Estimate for Maintenance List, FY 1986
Maintenance Review Report, First Half 1986
Maintenance Plan, FY 1986
Naturalist Center, 1985, 1989
Hall 28 - Osteology, 1980-1987
Hall 29 - Insect Zoo, 1982-1987
Maintenance for Past Years, 1980-1982
Maintenance Review, First Half FY 1984
Consolidation of Reviews, 1983
Maintenance Review Sheets, October 1983
Exhibit Hall Layouts
Exhibits Division Resource Outlines, FY 1987
Coral Reef Exhibit - Rock Shore, 1984
Painting and Glass Cleaning Information / Attendance Figures (presented to Larry O'Reilly), March 5, 1984
Petrified Wood and Banded Iron for Mall Exhibit, 1984
Hall 2 - Dinosaurs, "Jaws" Exhibit
Naturalist Center and Learning Center, 1984-1985
Hall Maintenance Outlines and Memos, 1982-1983
Learning Center, 1985-1989
Repairs to Halls 14 and 15, 1984
Insect Zoo Booklet, 1977-1978
Western Civilization Booklet, 1979
Splendors of Nature Booklet, 1978
Hall 29 - Cold Blooded Vertebrates, 1973-1985
Hall 5 - Life in the Ancient Seas, 1990
Halls 9 and 11 - Maintenance Review, American Indians, 1976-1982
Training
Hall 6 - Final Script, September 8, 1976
Memoranda [and Press Releases], c. 1972-1988 (6 folders)
Box 5
Scripts, calendars, labels, etc. (electronic records - 3 folders)
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