Object Details
Author
Unknown
Subject
Anacostia Neighborhood Museum
Anacostia Community Museum
National Museum of Natural History (U.S.)
Category
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes
At the opening of the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum on September 15, 1967, Uncle Beazley was placed in the parking lot adjoining the Carver Theater, the site of the first Anacostia Museum, now known as the Anacostia Community Museum. Uncle Beazley was later moved to the Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History and then in 1994 to the Rhino Yard near the Elephant House at the National Zoological Park.
Summary
Six children play on the sculpture "Uncle Beazley," the 25 foot long replica of a triceratops, placed on the Mall in front of the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). Uncle Beazley first appeared in the children's book "The Enormous Egg" by Oliver Buttersworth.
Contained within
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 33, Folder: 23
Contact information
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Date
1976
Standard number
76-13824-31A or 76-13824.31A
Restrictions & Rights
No restrictions
Type
Photographic print
Group, candid
Physical description
Color: Black and White; Size: 10w x 8h; Type of Image: Group, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Place
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Data Source
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
Topic
Uncle Beazley
Children
Sculpture
Dinosaurs
Triceratops
Record ID
siris_sic_9361