Model of the Statue of Freedom Installed in A&I Rotunda
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PrintThrough the cooperation of the Architect of the Capitol, Hon. Edward Clark, the original full-size plaster model of the "Statue of Freedom" by sculptor Thomas Crawford which sits atop the dome of the United States Capitol Building is transferred from the basement of the Capitol to the United States National Museum building, now the Arts and Industries Building, and is installed in the Rotunda.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
October, 1890