Power Outage Closes AA&PG

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Summary

A power surge in one of Pepco's main feeder lines triggers a blackout in the American Art and Portrait Gallery Building. The power went out at 9 a.m., and a decision was made to let the employees leave, and to close the building, when it was not restored by 11 a.m.

Subject

  • Smithsonian American Art Museum/National Portrait Gallery Library
  • National Museum of American Art (U.S.)
  • National Portrait Gallery (U.S.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371, Box 4, "The Torch," September 1985, p. 2.

Contact information

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

Date

July 30, 1985

Topic

  • Closings
  • Art museums
  • Accidents

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