Exhibit in the Hall of Gems and Minerals, USNM (NMNH)

ID: MNH-082B

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1958

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 95 Box 44 Folder 16

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Summary

After the Exhibits Modernization Program, in a new Hall of Gems and Minerals in the new United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, exhibit cases display "The Maude Monell Vetlesen Collection of Chinese Jade Carvings XVI to XIX Centuries."

Subject

  • Vetlesen, Maude Monell
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences
  • Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum
  • United States National Museum
  • 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 16

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

  • Art
  • Jade Carving
  • Gems
  • Mineralogy
  • Chinese Jade Carvings
  • Collectors and collecting
  • Exhibit cases
  • Exhibitions
  • Jade
  • Art, Chinese

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-082B

Physical description

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

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