Statue of Freedom, U.S. National Museum Rotunda

ID: 18942 or AI-18942

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1902-1910

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 38, Folder: 7

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Summary

The Rotunda of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, showing the Statue of Freedom, military canons, a Limoges vase, and Far Eastern sculptures.

Subject

  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Statue of Freedom (Statue)
  • United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Through the cooperation of the Architect of the Capitol, Hon. Edward Clark, the original full-size plaster model of the "Statue of Freedom" by sculptor Thomas Crawford which sits atop the dome of the United States Capitol Building was transferred from the basement of the Capitol to the United States National Museum building, now the Arts and Industries Building, and was installed in the Rotunda on December 15, 1890.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 38, Folder: 7

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1902-1910

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Art
  • Military paraphernalia
  • Statues
  • Firearms
  • Rotundas
  • Limoges porcelain
  • Vases
  • Art, Asian

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

18942 or AI-18942

Physical description

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

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