National Museum Bldg. Closed Due to War

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Summary

The United States National Museum Building, now the National Museum of Natural History, is closed for use by the Bureau of War Risk Insurance which had moved into a portion of the building the previous October.

Subject

  • United States Bureau of War Risk Insurance
  • 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. 9

Contact information

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

Date

July 16, 1918

Topic

  • Closings
  • Architecture
  • Wartime Activities
  • Buildings

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