Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 05-084
National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
Exhibition Records, 1959-1999
Collection Overview
| General Information About This Collection | |
|---|---|
| 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: | 1959-1999 |
| Quantity: | 5 cu. ft. (5 record storage boxes) |
| Collection: | Accession 05-084 |
| Language of Materials: | English |
| Summary: | This accession consists of exhibition records, including press releases, newspaper clippings, object lists, project proposals, contracts, invoices, exhibition scripts and outlines, brochures, pamphlets, photographs and slides of objects and installations, floor plans, label proofs, drawings, exhibit surveys and evaluations, reports, and correspondence and memoranda concerning exhibition design and production. A significant portion of these records pertain to the planning and construction of the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals. |
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of exhibition records and includes press releases, newspaper clippings, object lists, project proposals, contracts, invoices, exhibition scripts and outlines, brochures, pamphlets, photographs and slides of objects and installations, floor plans, label proofs, drawings, exhibit surveys and evaluations, reports, and correspondence and memoranda concerning exhibition design and production. A significant portion of these records pertain to the planning and construction of the Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Janet Annenberg Hooker Hall of Geology, Gems, and Minerals
Subject
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 05-084, National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits, Exhibition Records
Container List
Box 1
Color transparencies of photographs from Associates Court (former restaurant at NMNH)
Hall 10 - Update, 1983
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Biological Evolution - Drafts/Outlines, 1976-1977
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Introductory area, 1978-1979
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Game graphics
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Population potential, 1978
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Struggle for existence, 1977-1980
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Classical genetics, 1978-1979
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - DNA movie, 1977-1978
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Movie, "Faces," 1977-1978
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - III E photographs, 1979
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Specifications, 1977
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Breeding pressure, 1978-1979
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Collections, 1978
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Continental, 1977
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - Bird sonograms
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Program files - By humans, 1978
Clines, 1977-1979
Corn, 1977-1978
Islands, 1979
Old Hall 10 - Early drawings
Miscellaneous graphics, 1979
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit IV, Section P
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit V, Section O
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit I, Section Q
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit II, Section B
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit II, Section B - Population Game
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit II, Section C
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit III, Section D
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit III, Section E
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit III, Section F
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit IV, Section G
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit IV, Section I
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit IV, Section J
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit V, Section K
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit V, Section L
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit V, Section M
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Label proofs - Unit V, Section N
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution Exhibit - Photographs and slides
Hall 10 - Dynamics of Evolution exhibit - Clippings
Hall 10 - Memoranda and correspondence, 1972-1979
Hall 10 - Schedules, cases, and panels, 1979
Splendors of Nature exhibit (1st floor, north) - Final Script, 1977
Splendors of Nature exhibit - Graphics: type standards, Melior
Splendors of Nature exhibit - Press clippings, etc., 1977
Hall 18 - Minerals Hall - Specimen label drafts, 1977
Hall 18 - Minerals Hall - Specimen label drafts - Typeset galleys, 1979
Hall 20 - Physical geology - Memos and miscellaneous materials, 1970-1976
Hall 20 - Lunar geology - Final script, 1976
Hall 20 - Lunar geology - Case M-15, Moon case, 1982-1983
Hall 20 - Lunar geology - Miscellaneous, 1976-1979
Photographs - National Museum of Natural History, Hall 7, 1957; and Arts & Industries Building
Box 2
Geology, Gems & Minerals (GGM) - Contract Work, 1991-1996 (3 folders)
GGM - RFP, 1993-1996 (4 folders)
GGM - 25% Presentation, 1993
GGM - 90% HWG/NGC, 1994
GGM - 60% Review, 1994
Douglas Gallagher submission to Contract Office, 1995
GGM - A&E, 1st phase negotiation, 1990-1991
GGM - A&E work - GBR, 1991-1993 (2 folders)
GGM - A&E Contract - GBR, 1991-1993
GGM - Exhibit design work on contract - Douglas Gallagher, 1993
GGM - Donor recognition, 1991-1998
Box 3
Hall 29 - Insect Zoo - Final Script, 1976
Hall 29 - Specifications, 1975-1978
Hall 29 - Floor plans, handouts, bulletins, etc.
Hall 29 - Press clippings, 1970s
Hall 29 - Observation Beehive background, 1975
Hall 29 - Correspondence, 1975
Hall 29 - Drawings of crustaceans for exhibit, 1976
Hall 29 - Information on plants and live specimens, 1975
Hall 29 - Electrical specs and information brochures
Hall 29 - Leaf cutter ant information, drawings, and notes
Hall 29 - Reference information - Life in a Coal Swamp diorama
Hall 29 - List of Static specimens, 1976
Hall 29 - Photographs and slides of farming
Hall 29 - Graphic panels, 1979
Hall 29 - Label changes after opening, 1980
Hall 29 - Working committee, 1975
Hall 14 & 15 - World of Mammals - Early document
Hall 5 - Diorama - Fossil mammals and report on Paleontology Hall by Ann Karras, 1959-1964
Hall 5 - Unit 1 - Drawings and script, 1960
Hall 5 - Wall labels, 1959
Hall 5 - Paleocene wall, Case no. 1 & Panel no. 3 - Drawings, specifications, and curator synopsis, 1959-1960
Hall 5 - Large cases - Nos. 9, 14, 24, 32 - Room specifications, color drawing of fossil mammal case, 1959-1960
Hall 5 - Outline and plan, 1959-1963
Hall 5 - Labels, titles, type, etc., 1960
Hall 5 - Whale case 2 - Drawing and script, 1960
Hall 5 - Case 12 - Blueprints and photograph of Perissdactyls tracks, 1960
Hall 5 - Case 15, Panel 16 - Drawings and negative of badlands, 1960
Hall 5 - Niche 18 - Drawings, 1960
Hall 5 - Case nos. 30 & 31 - Pliocene diorama description drawing, 1960
Hall 5 - Case nos. 11, 13, 28 - Eocene color drawings and related papers, 1959-1960
Hall 20 - Mundrabilla meteorite case - Script and drawings, 1974
Hall 10 - Evolution script marked up for typesetting, 1978
Volunteer! O Volunteer! by Philip Kopper - Booklet, 1983
GGM Surveys and Visitor Evaluation - Testing prep notes and formative evaluation by ILI, 1995
GGM Surveys and Visitor Evaluation - ILI invoice, contract, and related forms, 1991-1999
GGM Surveys and Visitor Evaluation - Summative evaluation by ILI, 1999
GGM Surveys and Visitor Evaluation - Visitor evaluations - ILI/SLI reports, 1993-1994
GGM Surveys and Visitor Evaluation - Label testing - ILI/SLI reports, 1995
GGM Surveys and Visitor Evaluation - ILI report re: visitor reactions (2 folders)
GGM Surveys and Visitor Evaluation - Script for visitor interviews (2 folders)
Box 4
GGM Testing and Reports - Summative evaluations of computer interactives, ILI, 1999
GGM Testing and Reports - Summer visitors to GGM, report by Institutional Studies Office, 1999
GGM Testing and Reports - Observations of winter visitors, report by Institutional Studies Office, 1999
GGM Testing and Reports - Front end evaluation by Randi Korn and Associates, 1991
GGM Testing and Reports - Interim Reports from SLI, 1994-1995
GGM Testing and Reports - SLI reports - Phase 1 and 2, 1993
GGM Testing and Reports - SLI reports - Phase 3 and 3a, 1994
GGM Testing and Reports - SLI reports - Phase 3D, 1995
GGM Testing and Reports - SLI report - Computer interactives, 1995-1996
GGM Testing and Reports - Formative evaluation/Student evaluators, 1997
GGM Testing and Reports - SLI - Computer testing, 1996
GGM Testing and Reports - SLI notes - Phase 3, 1996
GGM Production - Bracket contract invoices, 1995-1999
GGM Production - Brackets - Plates installation lists, 1997
GGM Production - D & E mounts, 1996-1997
GGM Production - Specifications for demolition and asbestos abatement, 1994
GGM Production - Production, 1994-1995
GGM Production - Bracket contract and work, 1995-1997
GGM Production - Demolition, 1994-1995
GGM Production - (Art)n, 1996-1997
GGM Production - Moon rock cases, 1996-1997
GGM Production - Models contract, 1996-1998
GGM Production - Hope Diamond mount, 1995-1997
GGM Production - Bracket RFP, 1995
GGM Production - Topographic model, 1998
Box 5
GGM Production - Douglas/Gallagher contract modifications, 1996-1998
GGM Production - Douglas/Gallagher invoices, 1993-1998
GGM Production - Models correspondence, 1997-1998
GGM Production - Boston Museum Star/Cat's Eye model information, 1995
GGM Production - Hope Diamond case, 1994-1997
GGM Production - Interim rocks gallery, 1997-1998
Hall 10 - Outline and floor plan
"Mystery Bones" - Handwritten draft of book or game to help ID bones
Scientific Secret Code Dictionary for docent training, 1980s
Changing Earth film - Storyboard and draft script, 1980s
Fossil mammal introduction for docent training
Fossil mammal audio tour script, 1985
Paleo Hall - Phase I - Outline, 1977
Paleo Hall - Phase I - Early plant diorama
Paleo Hall - Phase II - Outline, 1978
Paleo Hall - Phase II - Specimen list, 1981
Paleo Hall - Phase III - Return to the Sea draft, 1982
Paleo Hall - Graphics record, 1981
Paleo Hall - Models, work by Office of Exhibits Central (OEC)
Paleo Hall - Quetzalcoatlus model, 1979-1982
Paleo Hall - Photographs - Bird fossils
Paleo Hall - Photographs - Plant fossils
Paleo Hall - Photographs - Specimens
Paleo Hall - Renovation records, 1960s
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