Skeleton of Zeuglodon, an Extinct Whale, A&I Building

ID: NHB-9469 or 9469

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1896

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 12

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Summary

In the South East Range of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, is the natural history exhibits, and the skeleton of a Zeuglodon, an extinct whale now known as the basilosaurus, hung from the ceiling. Visitors are seated around a small table in the right foreground.

Subject

  • Arts and Industries Building
  • United States National Museum
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Published in SI Annual Report for 1896, p. 282.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 12

Contact information

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

Date

1896

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Marine Biology
  • Basilosaurus
  • Animals
  • Zeuglodon
  • Whales
  • Natural History
  • Exhibitions
  • Museums
  • Skeleton
  • Mammals
  • Museum visitors
  • Marine mammals
  • Natural history

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

NHB-9469 or 9469

Physical description

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

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