Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="359" caption="Photographic Collage depicting the standard exhibit cases with specimens and artifacts used by the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, c. 1880s, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 55, Folder 7, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Exhibit of wood technology presented by Rayonier Incorporated in the United States National Museum (USNM), now the Arts and Industries Building (A&I), c 1930s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 43, Folder 38, Negative Number: 36649."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="A crowd of visitors looking at the lunar sample on exhibit in the Rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building soon after it came to the National Air and Space Museum, 1970, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 398, Box 56, Folder 18, Negative Number:
Description: For the last year the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has been preparing to celebrate its 100 year anniversary. As part of the celebration, curators and archivists have been combing the files in preparation for an exhibition of historic photographs that will describe the museum’s history. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="218" caption="Photomicrograph
Description: Although fun and easy to use, post-it notes are often harmful to archival records, as seen with the conservation of Cordelia Rose’s recently acquired scroll.
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Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="425" caption="Visitors including Safety Patrol Students, many of whom are dressed in their hats and belts representing the Automobile Club of Rhode Island, view exhibits in Transportation Hall, Arts & Industries Building, 1955, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 28,
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="404" caption="A close up view of an exhibit case containing Colonial era clothing from the Copp Family Collection, on display in the Arts and Industries Building, Date unknown, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 28,5 Box 16, Folder 7, Negative Number: 9104."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="421" caption="The History of Medicine Exhibit on the use of vegetable substances in pharmacy, in the United States National Museum, now the Arts and Industries Building, It appears on the floor plan of the 1925 Guidebook and remains there through 1965, c. 1930s, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution