Ancient Seas Hall, NMNH

ID: 2003-12106

Creator: Steiner, John

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: April 2, 2003

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Smithsonian Photographic Services Collection

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Summary

The Life in the Ancient Seas exhibit in the National Museum of Natural History held nearly one thousand fossil fish specimens. A display of fish fossils embedded in sand is in the foreground while models of sharks, rays, and other fishes hang from the ceiling. In the background a sign reads "Act Three: The Cenozoic Era". To the left there is a display case running the length of a wall with an undersea mural and a skeleton, while to the right there is a display case with a various shells, including a nautilus.

Subject

National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

The Life in the Ancient Seas exhibit closed in November 2013.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-009, Smithsonian Photographic Services Collection

Contact information

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

Date

April 2, 2003

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Fishes
  • Exhibitions

Place

  • District of Columbia
  • United States
  • Washington

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Interior

ID Number

2003-12106

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Color; Size: 42"w x 28"h; Type of Image: Interior; Medium: Photographic print

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