Meteorites on Exhibit

ID: 32953-B or MNH-32953B

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1961

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 5

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Summary

A man views five meteorite samples, part of a new exhibit of "samplings from the New World's largest collection of meteorites", placed on display in the National Museum of Natural History, July 11, 1961. (from Smithsonian Institution's News Release)

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • Natural History Building
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Division of Meteorites
  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Mineral Sciences

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44A, Folder: 5

Contact information

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

Date

1961

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Meteorites
  • Meteoritics
  • Mineralogy
  • Exhibitions
  • Museums
  • Museum visitors

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

32953-B or MNH-32953B

Physical description

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

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