Hall of Power Machinery Opens

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Summary

Dr. Leonard Carmichael and Dr. Robert P. Multhauf formally open the Hall of Power Machinery, another part of the Exhibits Modernization Program. In this hall, moving engines and models, murals, diagrams, and schematic mechanisms are displayed to show technological development.

Subject

  • Multhauf, Robert P
  • Carmichael, Leonard, 1898-1973
  • Exhibits Modernization Program United States National Museum
  • Hall of Power Machinery, The (Exhibition) ) (1957: United States National Museum)
  • Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
  • National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
  • National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
  • United States National Museum

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1957, p. 34

Contact information

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

Date

March 27, 1957

Topic

  • History of Technology
  • Secretaries
  • Exhibit openings
  • Exhibitions

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