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Summary

Lofty descriptions of Washington, D.C.'s design in general and the Mall area in particular, concentrating on three museums of the Smithsonian Institution (Natural History, American History, and Air and Space) and their contents. Also discusses Secretary S. Dillon Ripley's introduction of the Festival of American Folklife and other innovations designed to encourage more public use of the Mall. Twelve sources used by the author are cited at the conclusion of the article.

Subject

  • Ripley, Sidney Dillon 1913-2001
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Festival of American Folklife

Category

Smithsonian Institution History Bibliography

Contained within

New England Review Vol. 14 (Journal)

Contact information

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

Date

Fall 1991

Topic

  • Secretaries
  • Smithsonian Institution
  • Public programs

Place

  • Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
  • Washington (D.C.)

Physical description

p. 164-94

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