Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 94-113
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Services
Director's Correspondence, 1988-1991
Descriptive Entry
The Office of Facilities Services is responsible for various aspects of planning the construction and equipping of new buildings, as well as renovation and repair of existing buildings. Such efforts may range from discussions of possible space acquisitions such as the old General Post Office Building and the Patent Office Building, to testimony before Congress, to project records. These records document various projects, of which the most notable are the construction of the Sackler Gallery of Art and concomitant renovation of the Freer Gallery, the renovation of the climate and HVAC systems in the National Museum of Natural History, and planning towards construction of the National Museum of the American Indian.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- Freer Gallery of Art
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
- National Museum of the American Indian (U.S.)
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
- Post Office Building (Washington, D.C.)
- Patent Office Building (Washington, D.C.)
Subject
- Architectural design
- Museum buildings
- Smithsonian buildings
- Buildings -- Maintenance
- Buildings -- Repair and reconstruction
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 94-113, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Facilities Services, Director's Correspondence