1873 Appropriations for National Collections

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Summary

United States Congress appropriates $15,000 for preservation of government collections, and $15,000 for fitting up new halls required for these collections. An additional $12,000 is appropriated for steam-heating apparatus for these halls.

Subject

  • Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)
  • United States National Museum
  • United States Congress

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

  • Rhees, William Jones. The Smithsonian Institution: Documents Relative to Its Origin and History: 1835-1899, Vol. 1, 1835-1887. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1901., p. 694
  • Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1873, p. 144-145

Contact information

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

Date

March 3, 1873

Topic

  • Architecture
  • Finance
  • Repair and reconstruction
  • Expenditures, Public
  • National Collections
  • Buildings
  • Buildings--Repair and reconstruction

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