Object Details
Author
Phillips, Charles
Subject
Anacostia Community Museum
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Keyes Condon & Florance
Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Summary
Exterior walls of the Anacostia Museum's new building at 1901 Fort Place, S.E., Washington, D.C., which opened May 17, 1987 next to its laboratory-research center built in 1975. The new building is approximately 10 blocks from the Museum's former location and was developed by the architectural firm of Keyes Condon Florance. In 1995 the Museum was renamed Anacostia Museum and Center for African American History and Culture. After the Smithsonian launched its new National Museum of African American History and Culture, the Museum was renamed Anacostia Community Museum in 2006.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9558, Box 1, Folder: John R. Kinard Oral History Interviews and Record Unit 95, Box 34, Folder: 5A
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1989
Standard number
89-4080-2A or 89-4080.2A
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Photographic print
Architecture
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Architectural; Medium: Photographic print
Place
Washington (D.C.)
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Museum buildings
New buildings
Museums
Record ID
siris_sic_7120