MHT Architecture Contract Awarded

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Summary

The architectural firm of McKim, Mead and White, New York, is awarded the contract to design the Museum of History and Technology. They produce a modified classical design for the new museum, now known as the National Museum of American History.

Subject

  • McKim, Mead & White
  • Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

Notes

  • Torch, April 1956, p. 1
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1956, p. 1

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Date

  • March 20, 1956
  • 1956

Topic

  • Architecture
  • New Museums
  • Buildings

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