Jawaharlal Nehru: His Life and His India, NMHT Exhibit

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Object Details

Author

Unknown

Subject

Eames, Charles

Eames, Ray

Nehru, Jawaharlal 1889-1964

National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

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

Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)

Jawaharlal Nehru: His Life and His India (Exhibition) (Date: 1965-1966 Location: Museum of History and Technology)

Notes

This traveling exhibition was circulated to five cities in 1965-1966 after Nehru died in 1964.

Summary

View is of traveling exhibition designed by Charles and Ray Eames, titled "Jawaharlal Nehru: His Life and His India," on display at the new Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, from October 26, 1965, to January 2, 1966. A guide dressed in a sari stands beside a case holding musical instruments. A visitor on the right is looking at an exhibit. Two people sit on a bench.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 14, Folder: 7A

Contact information

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

Date

October 26, 1965, to January 2, 1966

Standard number

X3805-A or MAH X3805-A

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Event

Photographic print

Group, candid

Exhibit

Physical description

Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 7.5 h x 10w; Type of Image: Event; Exibit; Group, Candid; Medium: Photographic print

Place

India

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Museum visitors

Clothing and dress

Musical instruments

Exhibitions

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_11789