Comparative Anatomy Exhibit, U.S. National Museum

ID: 14598 or NHB-14598

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1900

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 14

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Summary

The Comparative Anatomy exhibit in the South-East Range of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. The exhibit contains specimens ranging from invertebrates in cases to skeletons of marine mammals suspended from the ceiling. On the balcony, storage cabinets are visible.

Subject

  • Arts and Industries Building
  • United States National Museum
  • South-East Range of the United States National Museum
  • Comparative Anatomy (Exhibition)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 14

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

c. 1900

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Marine Biology
  • Museum buildings
  • Animals
  • Storage
  • Balconies
  • Natural History
  • Exhibitions
  • Skeleton
  • Invertebrates
  • Mammals
  • Paleontology
  • Paleontology Exhibit
  • Marine mammals
  • Natural history

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

14598 or NHB-14598

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Photographic print

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