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Object Details

Subject

Henry, Joseph 1797-1878

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

United States National Museum

United States Exploring Expedition (USEE)

United States Patent Office

Notes

Woodcut engraving of the Museum in the Great Hall of the Smithsonian Castle was first printed in the 1857 guidebook by William J. Rhees, "An Account of the Smithsonian Institution." Smithsonian Institution Archives, negative number 75-12247.

Washington Star, November 13, 1858 (p. 3, col. 1) and December 29, 1858 (p. 3, col. 1).

Summary

The museum in the Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle, later known as the U.S. National Museum, opens to the public. In 1857, the United States Exploring Expedition or Wilkes Expedition collections had been transferred from the Patent Office to the Smithsonian.

Contact information

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

Date

December 1858

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Exhibitions

National Collections

Metadata Usage

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Record ID

siris_sic_12556