. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 6 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 1957 this subject to the public by museum methods. He executes a rough floor plan and suggests the logical order of the exhibits in the series. His recommendations are reviewed by the planning officer, the liaison architect, and the exhibits specialists. Both the practical and esthetic problems involved in interpreting the subject through exhibits are discussed in conferences with the assigned designer, who prepares a preliminary hall design with a floor plan and elevations. Th
. Annual report for the year ended June 30 .... United States National Museum. 6 U. S. NATIONAL MUSEUM ANNUAL REPORT, 1957 this subject to the public by museum methods. He executes a rough floor plan and suggests the logical order of the exhibits in the series. His recommendations are reviewed by the planning officer, the liaison architect, and the exhibits specialists. Both the practical and esthetic problems involved in interpreting the subject through exhibits are discussed in conferences with the assigned designer, who prepares a preliminary hall design with a floor plan and elevations. The curators have completed scripts for 25 halls. These include military history, heraldry and ordnance, underwater exploration, pres- idential history, colonial American furnishings, 19th-century Ameri- can furnishings, philately, postal history, numismatics, heating and lighting, beginnings of textiles, history of motion pictures and appli- cations of photography, pharmaceutical history, physics and astronomy, power, tools, light machinery, and an introductory series of 8 halls interpreting the growth of the United States. The designers completed preliminary designs for 21 halls. Anthropology On January 26, 1957, in the presence of more than 800 guests, Sec- retary Leonard Carmichael and Mrs. Arthur M. Greenwood, Fellow. NEG. 44179-A Everyday Life in Early America: Kitchen of late 17th-century Massachusetts Bay Colony house re-erected in hall. House and furnishings from Greenwood Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original United States National Museum. [Washington] : Smithsonian Institution
Size: 1871px × 1335px
Photo credit: © Library Book Collection / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No
Keywords: ., bookcentury1900, bookpublisherwashingtonsmithsonianinstitution
