Boat Hall in United States National Museum

Summary

The Water Transportation Hall, also known as "Boat Hall," located in the Northeast Range of the U.S. National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. Canoes are hung from the ceiling. Models of boats can be seen exhibited along the wall. Haida canoes can be seen at the bottom right. The exhibit was on view from 1881 when the building opened through the late 1960s.

Subject

• Arts and Industries Building
• United States National Museum
• National Collections
• Water Transportation Hall (A&I)
• Boat Hall
• United States National Museum North-East Range
• Arts and Industries Building Northeast Range

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Photos of this hall are also located in SIA Record Unit 95, Box 50, Folder 12. . See Neg. #s 2964, 14776, 18996, 18999,19002, 31357, 32493-C, SIA2007-0129 and SIA2009-0435 (#2598) for other views of the Hall over time.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder: 10

Contact information

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

Date

1930

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

• Haida Culture
• Artifacts
• Boats and boating
• Ceilings
• Transportation
• Models (representations)
• Exhibitions
• Canoes and canoeing
• Naval Architecture
• Ships
• Models and modelmaking

Form/Genre

• Photographic print
• Exhibit

ID Number

18997 or AI-18997

Physical description

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

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