Anacostia Museum Building

Summary

Exterior walls of the Anacostia Museum's new building at 1901 Fort Place, S.E., Washington, D.C., which opened May 17, 1987 next to its laboratory-research center built in 1975. The new building is approximately 10 blocks from the Museum's former location and was developed by the architectural firm of Keyes Condon Florance. In 1995 the Museum was renamed Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture. After the Smithsonian launched its new National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Museum was renamed Anacostia Community Museum in 2006.

Subject

• Anacostia Community Museum
• Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
• Keyes Condon & Florance
• Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9558, Box 1, Folder: John R. Kinard Oral History Interviews and Record Unit 95, Box 34, Folder: 5A

Contact information

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

Date

1989

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Museum buildings
• Architecture
• New buildings
• Museums

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Architecture

ID Number

89-4080-2A or 89-4080.2A

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Architectural; Medium: Photographic print

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