Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy Exhibit, U.S. National Museum

ID: MNH-4318.tif

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Photographic print

Date: c. 1882

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder 14

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Summary

In the Paleontology and Comparative Anatomy Exhibit (Osteological Hall) from the 1880's in the South-East Range of the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, are skeletons of mammals, marine mammals and a giant sloth (Megatherium). Some skeletons are in exhibit cases and others are hanging from the ceiling.

Subject

  • Arts and Industries Building
  • United States National Museum
  • South-East Range of the United States National Museum
  • Comparative Anatomy (Exhibition)

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder 14

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1882

Restrictions & Rights

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Topic

  • Megatherium
  • Natural History
  • Museums
  • Mammals
  • Paleontology
  • Fossils
  • Marine Biology
  • Museum buildings
  • Animals
  • Specimens
  • Bones
  • Exhibitions
  • Skeleton
  • Giant sloth
  • Marine mammals
  • Natural history
  • Museum exhibits

Form/Genre

  • Photographic print
  • Exhibit

ID Number

MNH-4318.tif

Physical description

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

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