Remodeled Highlights of Latin American Archaeology Hall

Summary

• An exhibit case containing artifacts from Mexico on display in the newly remodeled "Highlights of Latin American Archaeology Hall."
• The hall (Hall 23) is the first permanent exhibit hall to be completely renovated since the building was opened to the public in 1910. The renovation was begun in 1951 as part of the Institution's Exhibits Modernization Program and "presents man's cultural development from his earliest known beginnings in Latin America to the high civilizations of the Inca, Aztec, and Maya."

Subject

• Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum
• National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
• Archaeology, Division of
• Natural History Building
• Highlights of Latin American Archeology (Exhibition) (1954: Washington, D.C.)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder: 20

Contact information

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

Date

circa 1954

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Archaeology
• Artifacts
• Art
• Exhibitions
• Museums
• Art, Mexican
• Museum exhibits

Place

Latin America

Form/Genre

Exhibit

ID Number

SIA2012-5288

Physical description

Number of Images:1 Color: Black and White ; Size: 10w x 8h ; Type of Image: Interior; Exhibit ; Medium: Photographic Print

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