List of Directors of the U.S. National Museum, 1850-1967

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Summary

1850-1967. Persons who directed the United States National Museum (under various titles) have included: Spencer F. Baird, 1850-1878; George Brown Goode, 1881-1896; Charles D. Walcott, 1897-1898; Richard Rathbun, 1897-1918; William deC. Ravenel, 1918-1925; Alexander Wetmore, 1925-1948; A. Remington Kellogg, 1948-1962; and Frank A. Taylor, 1962-1967.

Subject

  • Baird, Spencer Fullerton 1823-1887
  • Goode, G. Brown (George Brown) 1851-1896
  • Kellogg, Remington 1893-1969
  • Rathbun, Richard 1852-1918
  • Ravenel, William deC
  • Taylor, Frank A (Frank Augustus) 1903-2007
  • Walcott, Charles D (Charles Doolittle) 1850-1927
  • Wetmore, Alexander 1886-
  • United States National Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Goode's tenure includes the years 1881-1887, when he was serving as Assistant Director of the Museum without the title of Assistant Secretary. Walcott served as Acting Assistant Secretary. Ravenel's title was Administrative Assistant to the Secretary, in charge of the United States National Museum.
  • Guide to Smithsonian Archives. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1983. Archives and Special Collections of the Smithsonian Institution Number 4., p. 22

Contact information

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

Date

1850

Topic

  • Museums
  • Museum directors

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