Exhibition Records, 1958-1968, 1978, 1980, 1987
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This accession consists of records which document the design and planning of exhibits and exhibit halls at the National Museum of American History. The materials document the Hall of Light Machinery and the Hall of Petroleum; as well as the exhibits "Clockwork Universe: German Clocks and Automata, 1550-1650" and "Inventing Sound Recording: Emile Berliner, the Grammaphone and the Disk Record." Some records date to when the museum was known as the Museum of History and Technology and the National Museum of History and Technology, as well as from then the division was known as the Department of Science and Technology, the Department of the History of Technology, and the Department of the History of Science and Technology. Materials include architectural drawings, floor plans, elevation drawings, blueprints, drawings, color samples, exhibition label scripts, black-and-white photographs, and clippings.
Subject
- Berliner, Emile 1851-1929
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) Department of the History of Science and Technology
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Hall of Petroleum
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Hall of Petroleum
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Hall of Light Machinery
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Department of Science and Technology
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Department of History of Technology
- Inventing Sound Recording: Emile Berliner, the Grammaphone and the Disk Record (Exhibition) (1987-1989: Washington, D.C.)
- Clockwork Universe: German Clocks and Automata, 1550-1650 (Exhibition) (1980: Washington, D.C.)
Notes
- Electronic List in accession file.
- Folder List in accession file.
- For a description of the record series of which these materials form a part, refer to the "Forms part of" above.
Organization
Unarranged
Repository Loc.
Smithsonian Institution Archives Capital Gallery, Suite 3000, MRC 507; 600 Maryland Avenue, SW; Washington, DC 20024-2520
Date
- 1958
- 1958-1987
- 1958-1968, 1978, 1980, 1987
Topic
- Clocks and watches
- Machinery industry
- Technology
- Historical museums
- Sound
- Museums
- Petroleum industry
- History
- Machinery
- Recording and reproducing
- Sound--Recording and reproducing
- Petroleum--History
- Technology--History
- Museum exhibits
Form/Genre
- Architectural drawings
- Collection descriptions
- Drawings
- Floor plans
- Illustrations
- Black-and-white photographs
Local number
SIA Acc. 23-208
Physical description
1.85 cu. ft. (32 oversize folders)