New Exhibit Halls Open
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PrintA new hall in the U.S. National Museum titled "Life in the Sea" officially opens to the public in the Natural History Building. The highlight of the exhibit is a life-size blue whale, prepared under the direction of A. Remington Kellogg (retired Assistant Secretary). A new hall of North American archaeology opens as well as a modernized hall of dinosaurs and other fossil reptiles (the latter opened in June). All three are part of the Exhibits Modernization Program in the USNM.
Chronology of Smithsonian History
Annual Report of the Smithsonian Institution for the year 1963. Washington, D.C.: Goverhment Printing Office, 1964, p. 54-55.
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
February, 1963