Geology & Paleontology Exhibits, Conference on the Future of SI

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Merrill, George P (George Perkins) 1854-1929

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian Institution

United States National Museum Dept. of Geology

National Collections

Notes

See Negative Number 17883-A for a description of the paleontology exhibits.

Summary

Physical and Chemical Geology Exhibit presented at the Conference on the Future of the Smithsonian with George P. Merrill (1854-1929), curator, seated looking at the exhibit. The picture on the right hanging on the panel is identified as a "Falling Meteorite." In front of him on a long table are different types of mineral specimens. Behind him is the Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit. The exhibits were located in the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle." Merrill was a geologist and head curator of the Department of Geology, United States National Museum from 1917-1929.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 46, Box 32, Folder - Tamblyn and Brown: Endowment Fund Campaign, Conference Exhibits (including photographs of curators and assistant curators formally posed with department exhibits)

Contact information

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

Date

February 11, 1927

1927

Standard number

17888-H or MAH-17888H

Restrictions & Rights

Unknown

Type

Photographic print

Person, candid

Exhibit

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8 x 10; Type of Image: Exhibit; Person, candid; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Geology

Exhibitions

Meetings

Vertebrate Paleontology Exhibit

Smithsonian Institution--Employees

Physical geology

Geologists

Meteorites

Specimens

Curators

Museum curators

Minerals

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_9412