Hall of Colonial Culture, NMNH

ID: 44179-C or MAH-44179C

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1957

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder: 7

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Summary

Interior view shows the fireplace, wooden chair and a fur rug of a 17th century Massachusetts Bay Colony House installed in 1957 in the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, as a part of the Hall of Colonial Culture.

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Natural History Building
  • United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

See Neg. #SIA2009-2194 for another view of the room and Neg. #SIA2009-2195 for a view of the outside of the house when it was in Massachusetts.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder: 7

Contact information

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

Date

1957

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Hall of Colonial Culture
  • Exhibitions
  • Colonial Era, America
  • Massachusetts Bay Colony House

Place

Massachusetts

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

44179-C or MAH-44179C

Physical description

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

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