Moving the Pendulum, NMAH

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Object Details

Author

Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017

Subject

Steede, Lyle

Tearman, Tom

National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)

Notes

Featured in TORCH, September 1987

Summary

Exhibits staffers (l-r): Tom Tearman, Lyle Steede and Dick Wakefield dismantle the Foucault's Pendulum to make way for "A Material World." The pendulum was moved upstairs to the Mall level and a glass floor was installed beneath it so that it could be seen from below.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 371 Box 5 Folder September 1987

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

1987

Standard number

87-10467-8

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Event

Physical description

Color: Black and white; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Event; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Exhibitions

Foucault's pendulum

Renovations

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Special events

Wakefield, Dick

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9020