Natural History Building Completed

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Summary

The new National Museum Building (now the National Museum of Natural History) is formally completed. The building was designed by the architects, Hornblower and Marshall, in a neo-classical style, faced with marble.

Subject

  • Hornblower & Marshall
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Natural History Building
  • United States National Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Yochelson, Ellis L. The National Museum of Natural History: 75 Years in the Natural History Building. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1985., p. l9

Contact information

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

Date

June 20, 1911

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Openings
  • Natural History
  • New Museums
  • Building
  • Buildings
  • Natural history

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