Chinese Gateway, West Hall, U.S. National Museum

ID: 2958 or NHB-2958

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: 1886

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 13

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Summary

The Ethnology exhibits included Chinese gateways in the hall devoted to ethnology in the West Hall of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building. These stately gateways stood at the entrance to the Chinese section of the Centennial Exhibition and were presented to the Museum by the Imperial Commissioners.

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Dept. of Anthropology
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes

Engraving of the picture is Neg. #95-20322

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 42, Folder: 13

Contact information

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

Date

1886

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Artifacts
  • Architecture
  • West Hall
  • Ethnology
  • Exhibitions
  • Arts and Industries Building
  • Arts and Industries Building--West Hall

Place

China

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

2958 or NHB-2958

Physical description

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

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