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Accession 96-021

National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits

Exhibition Records, circa 1959-1993

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits
Title:Exhibition Records
Dates:circa 1959-1993
Quantity:40 oversize folders.
Collection:Accession 96-021
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of architectural blueprints of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), mostly of its interior, plus original exhibition floor plans of the Museum. Some of the floor plans date as early as 1959, when exhibition halls were being conceived for what was then called the Museum of History and Technology. The floor plans are to NMAH exhibitions such as "Men and Women" (1988), "Changing American Farmland" (1980), and "After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America" (1976). These files were maintained by Robert H. Norton, Chief of Exhibits Production, 1986-1994.

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This accession consists of architectural blueprints of the National Museum of American History (NMAH), mostly of its interior, plus original exhibition floor plans of the Museum. Some of the floor plans date as early as 1959, when exhibition halls were being conceived for what was then called the Museum of History and Technology. The floor plans are to NMAH exhibitions such as Men and Women (1988), Changing American Farmland (1980), and After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America (1976). These files were maintained by Robert H. Norton, Chief of Exhibits Production, 1986-1994.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 96-021, National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits, Exhibition Records

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Container List

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Folder 1 Various Exhibits

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Folder 2 We the People

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Folder 3 Pain

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Folder 4 G. W. Show

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Folder 5 Building Brooklyn Bridge

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Folder 6 The Naming of America

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Folder 7

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Reaching Rural America
Southeastern Potteries
Standard Time
Al Jolson Case
Celestial Images
Rural Electrification

Folder 8 New & Different

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Folder 9 Various Exhibits

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Folder 10 At Home on the Road

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Folder 11 Presidents: The Perpetual Campaign

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Folder 12

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Changing American Farmland
The American Festival
Life in America
Right to Vote

Folder 13

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A Material World
Hollywood: Legend & Reality
Women in Science

Folder 14 Tool Hall

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Folder 15

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Person to Person
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: The Intimate Presidency

Folder 16

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The Legacy Endures
Heralds of Science

Folder 17 Various Exhibits

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Folder 18

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Engines of Change
Iron & Steel

Folder 19 Petroleum

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Folder 20

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Historic Americans Hall
Postal History Hall
Philately Hall

Folder 21

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Flags
Airborne! The First Fifty Years
Trees of Christmas
Images of Labor

Folder 22

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Kiva, Cross, and Crown at Pecos Pueblo
About Faces: Ceramic Vessels in the South
The Search for Life

Folder 23

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American Pressed Glass Tablewares
Harmonicas
History as Seen From
Workers World

Folder 24

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A Joyful Noise
Exhibit Offices, Third Floor

Folder 25 Hands on History

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Folder 26 Museum of History and Technology - McKim, Mead & White Drawings

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Folder 27

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Physical Science Hall
Ice Cream Parlor

Folder 28

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First Ladies Hall
Hall of 18th and 19th Century Furnishings

Folder 29 Growth of America

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Folder 30 Various Exhibits

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Folder 31 First Ladies Hall/The White House

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Folder 32

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Ceremonial Court
Fire Damage Restoration

Folder 33 Men & Women

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Folder 34

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Special Exhibits Hall
Discover Graphics
Eleanor Roosevelt
Nuclear Energy

Folder 35

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Sundial Exhibit
Underwater History
Ellington

Folder 37 A Nation of Nations: An Exhibit on the American People

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Folder 38 A Nation of Nations: An Exhibit on the American People

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Folder 39 First Ladies Hall/The White House

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Folder 40 Various Exhibits

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