Description: Just as the war affected the home life of millions of Americans, it had a drastic impact on the three buildings of the Smithsonian. The biggest change occurred in the ‘new’ National Museum, also known as the Natural History Building, then the Smithsonian’s cutting-edge exhibit space. The Bureau of War Risk Insurance, a new division of the US Department of Treasury created to
Creator: Neufeld, Michael J. 1951- ed,Crouch, Tom D,Pisano, Dominick,Van der Linden, Robert,Glenn, John 1921-,Dailey, John R,Maxwell, Ted A,Daso, Dik A. 1959-,Spencer, Alex M ed
Creator: Neufeld, Michael J. 1951- ed,Crouch, Tom D,Pisano, Dominick,Van der Linden, Robert,Glenn, John 1921-,Dailey, John R,Maxwell, Ted A,Daso, Dik A. 1959-,Spencer, Alex M ed
Description: AcknowledgementsThe web version of From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution was adapted from an exhibition that appeared from July 1996 to January 1997 in the Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition Gallery in the National Museum of American History. It was one of the official projects that celebrated the 150th anniversary of the 1846 founding of the Smithsonian