U.S. National Museum Electrified
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PrintIn 1901 and 1902, the United States Congress appropriates funds for the complete installation of electric wires and fixtures throughout the United States National Museum building, the installation being done by Museum employees. This installation extends to the public halls, offices, laboratories, storerooms, and workshops, but in the Smithsonian Institution Building it reaches only some of the offices and corridors and the dark center of the main exhibition hall. Electric lighting had been introduced in 1883.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
1901