Conservation and Research Center of the National Zoological Park in Front Royal, Virginia

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

National Zoological Park (U.S.)

Conservation Biology Institute (National Zoological Park)

Notes

See Neg. # 20100729-0363MM1 for a view of the buildings in 2010.

Summary

View of the Conservation and Research Center (CRC), now known as the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute (SCBI), of the National Zoological Park in Front Royal, Virginia, where endangered species are studied and bred. In the foreground animals are grazing in a field and in the distance, among the rolling hills, are CRC houses and animal buildings.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 9553, Box 1, Folder: CRC

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

SIA2011-1456

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Landscape

Physical description

Number of Images: 1 ; Color: Color; Size: 6w x 4h; Type of Image: Landscape; Medium: Photographic print

Place

Front Royal (Va.)

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Conservation

Endangered species

Rare animals

Zoos

Wildlife conservation

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_5871