Emperor Akihito of Japan Visits the Smithsonian
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Creator: Minor-Penland, Laurie
Form/Genre: Photographic print
Date: 1994
Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder August 1994
Emperor Akihito of Japan is seen here peering into a microscope with David Johnson, a curator in the Division of Fishes at the National Museum of Natural History. His Majesty Emperor Akihito and Her Majesty Empress Michiko of Japan visited the Smithsonian in June 1994. The royal couple viewed selections from the Freer's world-famous collection of Japanese art. The emperor, who has a scholarly interest in marine biology, also visited with a group of fellow ichthyologists at Natural History.
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Featured in Torch, August 1994
Smithsonian Institution Archives Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder August 1994
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1994
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Color: Black and White; Size: 5w x 6h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print