Object Details
Descriptive Entry
These records consist of exhibition design, production, and installation information including proposals and narratives, scripts, schedules, graphic designs, construction
contracts and specifications, floor plans, blueprints, schematic drawings, and photographs. The records also include Department of Exhibits administrative files such as correspondence,
memoranda, monthly progress reports, budget information, space planning, and meeting minutes of the Museum Advisory Committee, 1983.
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Creator:
National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits
Topic
Museum exhibits
Creator:
National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits
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Exhibition Records
Historical Note
The Department of Exhibits was created in 1973 to design and produce exhibitions within the National Museum of American History (NMAH), then known as the National Museum
of History and Technology. Prior to 1973, the Office of Exhibits Programs was responsible for the design and production of NMAH exhibitions.
The Department of Exhibits is responsible for the design, production, installation, and disassembly of the permanent and temporary exhibitions at the National Museum of
American History. The records include the project files and the administrative files of the Department dating from its establishment in 1973. Also included are project files
and administrative files of the Office of Exhibits Programs, 1969-1973, and the Office of Exhibits, 1959-1968. Staff represented in the records include John E. Anglim, chief,
Office of Exhibits, 1957-1968, chief, Office of Exhibits Programs, 1969-1970, and director, Office of Exhibits Programs, 1971-1972; Benjamin W. Lawless, assistant director
of the Museum for design and production, 1974-1976, and assistant director for exhibits, 1977-1981; J. Michael Carrigan, assistant director for exhibitions and public spaces,
1982- ; and Richard J. Nicastro, deputy assistant director for exhibitions and public spaces, 1985- .
Extent
35.58 cu. ft. (35 record storage boxes) (1 12x17 box) (1 oversize folder)
Date
1957-1992
Archival Repository
Smithsonian Institution Archives
Identifier
Record Unit 551
Type
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Floor plans
Manuscripts
Exhibition catalogs
Brochures
Architectural drawings
Posters
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white transparencies
Illustrations
Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 551, National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits, Exhibition Records
Genre/Form
Floor plans
Manuscripts
Exhibition catalogs
Brochures
Floor plans
Architectural drawings
Posters
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white transparencies
Illustrations
SIA.FARU0551
https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217115
Record Unit 551
SIA
Record ID
ebl-1503510739858-1503510739868-0