Description: It's National Zoo and Aquarium Month! Let's explore the early days of the National Aquarium and its commitment to the promotion of marine science and aquaculture.
Description: Division of Graphic Arts exhibit in Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, with the statue of George Washington, sculpted by Horatio Greenough, in the background, MAH-37158B.
Description: Ceramics exhibit in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, featuring "Haviland Memorial Vases," MNH-37695.
Description: Arrival of the Polaris A-3 missile, the first U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile, outside the Arts and Industries Building, OPA-1172R2-9.
Description: Horologist David Todd refits the newly gold-leafed hands to the clock of the Flag Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, 91-13640-37.
Description: Group portrait of zookeepers in front of a crated bison on a horse-drawn wagon on road in front of the hospital building at the National Zoological Park, NZP-0532.
Description: Original library in the Northwest Range of the Arts and Industries Building, converted to office space, by Jack Scott, September 1971, SIA Acc. 11-009, 71-1918.
Description: William R. Johnston of the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) registrar's office checks items into newly renovated space at the Patent Office Building, OPA-1003-07.
Description: United States Fish Commission offices at building designed by Adolf Cluss at 1443 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC, 1880s, by Thomas W. Smillie, MAH-3364.