Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 06-058
National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
Special Exhibition Records, 1978-2003
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting the planning and execution of special exhibitions. Exhibitions documented include "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People," "Eyes on Science: Illustrating Natural History," "Spiders!," "Seeds of Change," "Margaret Mee: Return to the Amazon," "Galapagos: A Living Laboratory," "Making of the Natural History Museum's Galapagos IMAX Film," "Red Alert!," "Wondrous Wings," "Natural Selections, Museum Photography by Chip Clark," "Lichens," "Volcano Watch: Maurice and Katia Krafft and the Smithsonian," "Blast from the Past," "Mysterious Manatees," "Pomo Indian Basket Weavers, Their Baskets and the Art Market," "Landscape Kimonos," "Poles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Arctic and Antarctic," "Contemporary Korean Ceramics," "Amber: Window to the Past," and "Anteaters: Fast Food Specialists." Also documented in these records is the IMAX Corporation/Smithsonian Institution documentary film "Galapagos," the Biodiversity Hall, general exhibition planning, and the administration of the Office of Exhibits. Materials include floor plans, schedules, scripts, labels, correspondence, memoranda, images, publications, proposals, agreements, specifications, press packets, press releases, budgets, clippings, contracts, and promotional materials.
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Name
- Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Amber: Window to the Past (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Anteaters: Fast Food Specialists (Traveling exhibition)
- Blast from the Past (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Contemporary Korean Ceramics (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Eyes on Science: Illustrating Natural History (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Feather Focus (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Galapagos (Documentary film : 1999)
- Galapagos: A Living Laboratory (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- IMAX Corporation
- Landscape Kimonos (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Lichens (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Making of the Natural History Museum's Galapagos IMAX Film (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Margaret Mee: Return to the Amazon (Traveling exhibition)
- Mysterious Manatees (Traveling exhibition)
- National Museum of Natural History (U.S.). Biodiversity Hall
- Natural Selections, Museum Photography by Chip Clark (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Poles Apart: Parallel Visions of the Arctic and Antarctic (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Pomo Indian Basket Weavers, Their Baskets and the Art Market (Exhibition) (1998-1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Red Alert! (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Seeds of Change (Exhibition) (1991-1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Institution
- Spiders! (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Volcano Watch: Maurice and Katia Krafft and the Smithsonian (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Wondrous Wings (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
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Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 06-058, National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits, Special Exhibition Records