Skeleton Hall, Primate Exhibit, U.S. National Museum

ID: 11111-B or MNH-11111B

Creator: Unknown

Form/Genre: Cyanotype

Date: c. 1911

Citation: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder: 8

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Summary

Primate exhibit in the Skeleton Hall in the new United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History. The case shows a variety of primate skeletons, including that of a human. Other animal skeletons are visible in the surrounding cases.

Subject

  • National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
  • United States National Museum

Category

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 44, Folder: 8

Contact information

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

Date

c. 1911

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Topic

  • Natural history museums
  • Animals
  • Natural History
  • Primates
  • Exhibitions
  • Skeleton
  • Mammals
  • Physical anthropology
  • Natural history

Place

Washington (D.C.)

Form/Genre

  • Cyanotype
  • Exhibit

ID Number

11111-B or MNH-11111B

Physical description

Color: Cyanotype; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Exhibit; Medium: Cyanotype

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