Use of SI Lecture Room for Public Meetings

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Summary

The Smithsonian Lecture Room is available for public meetings and almost constant applications are made for its use. They are all approved, provided that the expense of lighting, heating and attendance is paid and subject to the following exclusions: no lectures are allowed on any "subject connected with sectarianism, discussions in Congress, and the political questions of the day."

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution Building Lecture Hall
  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1857, p. 36

Contact information

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

Date

1857

Topic

  • Policies
  • Lectures and lecturing
  • Controversies

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