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Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
Accession 17-080
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
Exhibition Records, 1970-2006
Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of drawings documenting the planning and design of exhibitions and other projects by the Office of Exhibits Central (OEC). OEC designs exhibitions for the Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service as well as for Smithsonian Institution museums and units without internal exhibition design offices or which need additional assistance. OEC occasionally provides services to non-Smithsonian organizations. Some exhibitions may not have come to fruition. Materials include architectural drawings, technical drawings, elevations, floor plans, sketches, specifications, photographs, graphic designs, and related materials. Dates listed in the finding aid apply to the drawings and do not necessarily correspond to the dates an exhibition was on display.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
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- 20th Century Dinosaurs: Sculptures by Jim Gary (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.)
- A Magic Web: The Tropical Forest of Barro Colorado Island (Exhibition) (2003-2004: Washington, D.C.)
- African American Artists, 1880-1987: Selections from the Evans-Tibbs Collection (Exhibition) (1989: Hanover, N.H.)
- All Systems Go: America's Space Transportation Systems for the 1990s (Exhibition) (1989)
- American Drawings from the Cooper-Hewitt Collection: Training the Hand and Eye (Exhibition) (1989: New York, N.Y.)
- American Greek Revival Architecture (Traveling exhibition) (1991-1996)
- American Presidential China (Exhibition) (1975-1976: Washington, D.C.)
- American Voices: Latino Photographers in the United States (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- An Ocean Apart: Contemporary Vietnamese Art from the United States and Vietnam (Traveling exhibition) (1995-1997)
- Art As Activist: Revolutionary Posters from Central and Eastern Europe (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1994)
- Art from the Forge: Tuareg Metalwork (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Art of Jack Delano (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Artistic License: The Duck Stamp Story (Exhibition) (2004: Washington, D.C.)
- Artists and Models (Exhibition) (1975: Washington, D.C.)
- Artists at Work: A Smithsonian Celebration of Staff Creativity (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Audubon and the Smithsonian (Exhibition) (1997-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Badges of Pride: Symbols and Images of American Labor (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1992)
- Ban Chiang: Discovery of a Lost Bronze Age (Traveling exhibition)
- Barn Again! Celebrating an American Icon (Traveling exhibition) (1997-2002)
- Beauties of the Coral Reef (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1998)
- Before Freedom Came: African American Life in the Antebellum South (Traveling exhibition) (1993-1996)
- Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Beyond Category: The Musical Genius of Duke Ellington (Traveling exhibition) (1993-1996)
- Beyond the Java Sea: Art of Indonesia's Outer Islands (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Burgess Shale: Evolution’s Big Bang (Traveling exhibition)
- By Sea and By Land: Independence with the Help of France (Exhibition) (1981: Washington, D.C.)
- Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Chasing Venus: Observing the Transits of Venus, 1631-2004 (Exhibition) (2004-2005: Washington, D.C.)
- Climbing Jacob’s Ladder: The Rise of Black Churches in Eastern American Cities (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1998)
- Collector’s Eye: The Olga Hirshhorn Collection (Traveling exhibition) (1986-1990)
- Constance Stuart Larrabee: World War II Photo Journal (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1995)
- Contemporary Visual Expressions (Exhibition) (1987: Washington, D.C.)
- Contrasts: 40 Years of Change and Continuity in Puerto Rico (Traveling exhibition) (1991-1992)
- Corridos Sin Fronteras: A New World Ballad Tradition (Traveling exhibition) (2002-2004)
- Creativity and Resistance: Maroon Cultures in the Americas (Traveling exhibition) (1999-2005)
- Crossroads Alaska (Traveling exhibition)
- Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska (Exhibition) (1988: Washington D.C.)
- Cut on Wood: The Art of Wood Engraving in America (1780-1900) (Exhibition) (1978-1979: Washington, D.C.)
- Dance Masks of Mexico (Traveling exhibition)
- Day in the Warsaw Ghetto: A Birthday Trip in Hell (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1995)
- Degenerate Art: The Fate of the Avant-Garde in Nazi Germany (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Dreams and Traditions: 300 Years of British and Irish Paintings from the Ulster Museum, Belfast (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1998)
- Dutch Paintings of the Golden Age from the National Gallery of Ireland (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1998)
- Ebla to Damascus: Art and Archaeology of Ancient Syria (Exhibition) (1987: Washington, D.C.)
- Eleanor Roosevelt: First Person Singular (Exhibition) (1984: Washington, D.C.)
- English Silver: Masterpieces by Omar Ramsden from the Campbell Collection (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1995)
- Equal Rights and Justice (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Exit Saigon, Enter Little Saigon: Vietnamese America Since 1975 (Exhibition) (2007: Washington, D.C.)
- Exotic Illusions: Art, Romance, and the Marketplace (Traveling exhibition) (1997-1998)
- Exploring Microspace (Traveling exhibition) (1986-1989)
- Exploring the Planets (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- Extra! Extra! The Men and Machines of Modern Journalism (Traveling exhibition)
- Facing the Gods: Ritual Masks of the Himalayas (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1991)
- Family Folklore (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1995)
- Feather Focus (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Federal City: Plans and Realities (Exhibition)
- Flag in American Indian Art (Traveling exhibition)
- Fragile Ecologies: Artists’ Interpretations and Solutions (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1995)
- Frank Lloyd Wright: Preserving an Architectural Heritage, Decorative Designs from the Domino’s Pizza Collection (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1992)
- Fred E. Miller: Photographer of the Crows (Traveling exhibition) (1993-1995)
- From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Full Deck: Art Quilts (Traveling exhibition) (1995-1999)
- Gauguin and His Circle in Brittany: The Prints of the Pont-Aven School (Traveling exhibition)
- Glamour and Allure: The Hollywood Photographs of George Hurrell (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1990)
- Going Strong: Older Americans on the Job (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1998)
- Golden Threads: A Tapestry of Sephardic Experience (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Good, the Bad, and the Cuddly: Human Attitudes Towards Animals (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1995)
- Great American Comics: 100 Years of Cartoon Art (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1992)
- Haiti: The First Black Republic and Its Monuments to Freedom (Traveling exhibition)
- Hollywood: Legend and Reality (Traveling exhibition)
- Immovable Objects: Urban Open Spaces (Exhibition) (1979: New York, N.Y.)
- In Touch: Printing and Writing for the Blind in the 19th Century (Traveling exhibition)
- In the Spirit of Martin: The Living Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (Exhibition) (2003: Washington, D.C.)
- In the Temple of Solomon and Tomb of Caiaphas (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- India Along the Ganges: Photographs by Raghubir Singh (Traveling exhibition)
- Infinite Illusions: Electronically Created Imagery (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.)
- Inside Active Volcanoes: Kilauea and Mount St. Helens (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1993)
- Irish Decorative Arts of the 18th and 19th Centuries from the Collections of the National Museum of Ireland, Dublin (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1992)
- Italy: One Hundred Years of Photography (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1993)
- Jakob Ignaz Hittorff, 1792-1867: Architectural Drawings and Watercolors of Paris and Rome (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1991)
- Jazz Age in Paris: 1914-1940 (Traveling exhibition) (1996-2003)
- Jewels of Lalique (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Key Ingredients: America by Food (Traveling exhibition)
- Kids Bridge (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1997)
- King Herod's Dream: Caesarea on the Sea (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)
- Know What You See: The Examination and Treatment of Paintings (Traveling exhibition)
- Lincoln and His Contemporaries: Photographs by Mathew Brady from the National Portrait Gallery's F. H. Meserve Collection (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Locks from Iran: Pre-Islamic to Twentieth Century (Exhibition) (1977: Washington, D.C.)
- Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Looping the Loop: Posters of Early Flight (Traveling exhibition) (2000-2002)
- Loose the Mighty Power: Impressions of the Steam Engine in America (Exhibition) (1978-1979: Washington, D.C.)
- Louis Armstrong: A Cultural Legacy (Traveling exhibition) (1994-1996)
- Magic, Myths, and Minerals: Chinese Jades from the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery (Traveling exhibition) (2003-2006)
- Magnificent Voyagers: The United States Exploring Expedition, 1838-1842 (Exhibition) (1985-1986: Washington, D.C.)
- Major League, Minor League: Photographs of America’s Baseball Stadiums by Jim Dow (Traveling exhibition) (1993-1998)
- Make the Dirt Fly!: Building the Panama Canal (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Master Watercolors and Drawings from the Norton Gallery of Art (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1989)
- Matchsafes (Exhibition) (1981: New York, N.Y.)
- Mexico As Seen By Her Children (Traveling exhibition) (1985-1990)
- Mexico: A Landscape Revisited (Traveling exhibition) (1994-1996)
- Microbes: Invisible Invaders... Amazing Allies (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.)
- Monumental Propaganda (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)
- More than Words: Illustrated Letters from the Smithsonian's Archives of American Art (Traveling exhibition)
- Moscow: Treasures and Traditions (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.)
- Music and Dance in Papua New Guinea (Traveling exhibition) (1985-1988)
- National Geographic Society: 100 Years of Discovery and Adventure (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1993)
- New Harmonies: Celebrating American Roots Music (Traveling exhibition)
- New Vistas: American Art Pottery 1880-1930 from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum (Traveling exhibition) (1985-1988)
- Newcomb Pottery: An Enterprise for Southern Women, 1895-1940 (Traveling exhibition)
- No Laughing Matter: Political Cartoonists on the Environment (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1996)
- Odyssey in Print: Adventures in the Smithsonian Libraries (Exhibition) (2002-2004: Washington, D.C.)
- On Miniature Wings: Model Aircraft from the National Air and Space Museum (Traveling exhibition) (1999-2002)
- Our Peoples: Giving Voice to Our Histories (Exhibition) (2004-2014: Washington, D.C.)
- Out of Africa: From West African Kingdoms to Colonization (Exhibition) (1979: Washington, D.C.)
- Paintbrush Diplomacy: Children’s Art from the Americas (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1994)
- Painting as a Pastime: Paintings of Winston Churchill (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)
- Peoples of the Luzon Mountains: Philippine Photographs by Eduardo Masferre (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Perpetual Campaign: The Making of the People's President (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1994)
- Photo du Jour: David Hume Kennerly's Picture-a-Day Journey Through the First Year of the Millennium (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.)
- Picturing Words: The Power of Book Illustration (Online exhibition)
- Plains Indian Arts: Continuity and Change (Traveling exhibition) (1989)
- Portraits and Dreams: Photographs by Appalachian Children (Exhibition)
- Portraits and Prospects: British and Irish Watercolors and Drawings from the Ulster Museum (Traveling exhibition) (1989-1992)
- Posy Holders (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.)
- Power and Gold: Jewelry from Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines (Traveling exhibition) (1985-1989)
- Power of maps (Exhibition) (1992-1993: New York, N.Y.)
- Pre-Hispanic Foods of Mexico/Presencia de la Comida Prehispanica (Exhibition) (1990: Washington, D.C.)
- Produce for Victory: Posters on the Home Front, 1941-1945 (Traveling exhibition)
- Provincetown and the Art of Printmaking (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1992)
- Real McCoy: African-American Invention and Innovation (Traveling exhibition) (1991-1993)
- Resonant Forms: Contemporary African American Women Sculptors (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Rhythm and Blues: Black American Popular Music, 1945-1955 (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1991)
- Road to Heaven is Paved by Good Works: The Art of Reverend Howard Finster (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1992)
- Russian Impressionist: Paintings and Drawings of Leonid Pasternak, 1880-1945 (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1989)
- Santos: Substance and Soul (Exhibition) (2000-2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Saynday was Coming Along: Drawings by Silverhorn (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1996)
- Science and the Artist's Book (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Science in the Age of Columbus (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Sculptures from the Flames: Ceramics by Gustav and Ulla Kraitz (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Secessionism and Austrian Graphic Arts from the Neue Galerie der Stadt, Linz, 1900-1920 (Traveling exhibition) (1990-1991)
- Seeing Jazz (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.)
- Serving Home and Community: Women of Southern Appalachia: Photographs by Barbara T. Beirne (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1999)
- Shared Visions: Native American Painters and Sculptors in the Twentieth Century (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- Sharing Traditions: Five Black Artists in Nineteenth Century America (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.)
- Sharks! Fact and Fantasy (Exhibition) (1990-1991: Washington, D.C.)
- Smithson's Gift: The Story of a Bequest (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Smithsonian Institution. Traveling Exhibition Service
- Sojourners and Settlers: Yemeni Workers at Home and Abroad (Exhibition) (1987: Washington, D.C.)
- Songs of My People - African Americans: A Self-Portrait (Traveling exhibition) (1991-1997)
- Space Shuttle Art (Exhibition) (1981-1982: Washington, D.C.)
- Spectacular Vernacular: Traditional Desert Architecture from West Africa to Southwest Asia (Traveling exhibition) (1986-1991)
- Spiders! (Traveling exhibition) (1994-2000)
- Stories from Life: The Photographs of Horace Bristol (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1996)
- Stories of the People (Exhibition) (1996-1998: Washington, D.C.)
- Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Surrealist Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn (Traveling exhibition) (1986-1987)
- The American Garden Legacy: Exploring Garden Transformations, 1900-2000 (Traveling exhibition) (2000-2005)
- The Art of Cameroon (Traveling exhibition)
- The Egypt Story: Photographs by Fred J. Maroon (Exhibition) (1993: Washington, D.C.)
- The Realm of the Coin: Money in American Art (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1994)
- This Land is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.)
- Three Generations of African American Women Sculptors: A Study in Paradox (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.)
- To Achieve These Rights: The Struggle for Equal Rights and Self-Determination in the District of Columbia, 1791-1978 (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, DC)
- To Color America: Portraits by Winold Reiss (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)
- Tongass: Alaska’s Magnificent Rain Forest (Traveling exhibition) (1994-1999)
- Traders and Raiders on China's Northern Frontier (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.)
- Treasures from Hungary: Gold and Silver from the 9th-19th Centuries (Exhibition) (1986: New York, N.Y.)
- Treasures from the Land: Twelve New Zealand Craftsmen and their Native Materials (Traveling exhibition) (1985-1988)
- Treasures from the Smithsonian Institution at the Royal Scottish Museum (Exhibition) (1984: Edinburgh, Scotland)
- Treasures of Ancient Nigeria: Legacy of 2000 Years (Exhibition) (1980-1981: Washington, D.C.)
- Try This On: A History of Clothing, Gender, and Power (Traveling exhibition) (1994-1997)
- Two Eagles/Dos Aguilas: A Natural History of the Mexican-American Boundary (Traveling exhibition) (1993-1997)
- Underwater Web: Cabling the Seas (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.)
- Urban Open Spaces (Traveling exhibition)
- VanDerZee, Photographer (1886-1983) (Exhibition) (1993-1994: Washington, D.C.)
- Vanishing Amphibians (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1997)
- Victorian Gardens: A Horticultural Extravaganza, 1835-1900 (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1993)
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial: A National Experience (Traveling exhibition) (1986-1993)
- Views of Paradise: Tile Paintings by Marie Balian (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.)
- Views of Rome: Watercolors and Drawings from the Collection of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana (Traveling exhibition) (1988-1991)
- Vision Journal: Harlem and D.C. in the Thirties and Forties (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.)
- We Shall Overcome: Photographs from the American Civil Rights Era (Traveling exhibition) (1998-2004)
- Wenceslaus Hollar: 17th-century Prints from the Museum Boymans-van Beunigen, Rotterdam (Exhibition) (1994-1995: Washington, D.C.)
- We’ll Never Turn Back (Traveling exhibition) (1981-1982)
- What Style Is It? (Traveling exhibition) (1987-1992)
- Who’s in Charge: Workers and Managers in the United States (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1996)
- Year of the Hopi: Paintings and Photographs by Joseph Mora, 1904-1906 (Traveling exhibition)
- ¡Azucar! The Life and Music of Celia Cruz (Exhibition) (2005-2006: Washington, D.C.)
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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 17-080, Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central, Exhibition Records