"Water Craft of the World" Exhibit, USNM (now A&I Building)

Summary

The "Water Craft of the World: From Raft to Steamship" exhibit located in the Water Transportation Hall, also known as "Boat Hall", in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, shows ship models displayed in exhibit case. Canoes have been mounted on the wall.

Subject

• Arts and Industries Building
• Water Transportation Hall (A&I)
• United States National Museum
• Boat Hall
• United States National Museum North-East Range
• Arts and Industries Building Northeast Range

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Original negative number was 14710 but SPS could not locate it. See Neg. #s 2964, 14776, 18996, 18997, 18999, 19002, 31357, 32493-C, and SIA2009-0435 (and 2598) for other views of the Hall over time.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder 10

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1900s

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Exhibition buildings
• Models (representations)
• Artifacts
• Exhibit cases
• Naval Architecture
• Exhibitions
• Canoes and canoeing
• Boats and boating
• Models and modelmaking

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Exhibit

ID Number

SIA2007-0129

Physical description

Color: Black and white; Size: 10h X 8w; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Cyanotype

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