Results for "United States National Museum. Section of Chemical Industries"
The Birth of a Building: Constructing the United States National Museum
- Date: June 20, 2013
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: The birth of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, as told through construction photographs.
Sneak Peek 3/30/2020
- Date: March 30, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Young museum visitors with horse and carriage outside the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, SIA_000095_B67_F16_004.
Revisiting the Arts and Industries Building
- Date: April 17, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Closed to the public since 2004, the Arts and Industries Building remains closed for the foreseeable future. Here is a look back at what used to be there.
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Baird's Dream:
- Date: March 7, 2011
- Description: Learn about the history of the first United States National Museum building which opened in 1881 and is now called the Arts & Industries building.
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United States National Museum, 1881-1911
- Date: June 20, 2013
- Description: The history of the United Stats National Museum from 1881-1911.
Sneak Peek 1/20/2020
- Date: January 20, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Transportation exhibit featuring automobiles in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, circa 1894, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-805.
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Smithsonian Libraries
- Date: April 14, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Gallery
Arts and Industries Building
- Date: September 12, 2013
- Description: The Arts and Industries Building (A&I) was designed by two Philadelphia architects: Adolph Cluss and Rudolph Schulze. It first opened in 1881 as the United States National Museum, the Smithsonian’s first building dedicated solely to the research, care, and display of collections. After the natural history collection moved into its own building in 1910, the Arts and Industries
Sneak Peek 2/24/2020
- Date: February 24, 2020
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Homeopathy exhibit showing its history, methods, and remedies, installed in the Hall of Health in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, in 1929, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 27049.
Sneak Peek 7/29/2019
- Date: July 29, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Section of Vertebrate Paleontology staff of the United States National Museum, with research associate Oliver Perry Hay, and assistant curators Charles Whitney Gilmore and James Williams Gidley, MNH-38548A.
Sneak Peek 7/15/2019
- Date: July 15, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Effects of milk on rodent skeletons from "Public Health" exhibition in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, circa 1930s, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-30884C.
Sneak Peek 7/1/2019
- Date: July 1, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Exhibit case featuring items lent by the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution, including a spinning wheel, on display in the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building, 1904, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-14414.