Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park

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Summary

Aerial view shows buildings of the National Zoological Park's Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI), previously known as the Conservation and Research Center, located in Front Royal, Virginia. SCBI has played a leading role in the fields of veterinary medicine, reproductive physiology and conservation biology since its founding in 1974. Visible among the rolling hills are CRC houses and animal buildings.

Subject

  • National Zoological Park (U.S.)
  • Conservation Biology Institute (National Zoological Park)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

See Neg. SIA2011-1456 for a view in 1987 of the area.

Contained within

National Zoological Park Photograph Collection

Contact information

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

Date

2010

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Landscapes
  • Zoos
  • Endangered ecosystems
  • Habitat conservation
  • Wildlife
  • Rare animals
  • Wildlife conservation
  • Endangered species

Place

Front Royal (Va.)

Form/Genre

  • Landscape
  • Aerial
  • Digital Image

ID Number

20100729-0363MM1

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 Color: Color; Size: 6w x 4h ; Type of Image: Aerial; Landscape ; Medium: Digital Image

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