Dept. of Arts & Industries, USNM, Created
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PrintThe Department of Arts and Industries in the United States National Museum is established as the first curatorial office to collect objects related to transportation, textiles, materia medica, manufacturing and commerical products, historical relics of prominent Americans, scientific instruments, graphic arts, and coins and medals.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1881