Hall of Gems and Minerals Exhibit, USNM (NMNH)

ID: MNH-083

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1958

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 44 Folder 17

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Summary

The new Hall of Gems and Minerals in the National Museum of Natural History, prepared as part of the Exhibits Modernization Program. The reinstallation features sleek terrazzo floors and modernist wall partitions to create architectural variety out of the classical beaux-arts formality of the original building.

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Natural History Building
  • Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
  • Hall of Gems and Minerals (Exhibition) (1958: United States National Museum)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 44 Folder 17

Contact information

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

Date

1958

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Geology
  • Architecture
  • Gems
  • Mineralogy
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Exhibit cases
  • Exhibitions
  • Minerals
  • Terrazzo

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-083

Physical description

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

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