View of Castle through African Art Museum Window

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Object Details

Author

Tinsley, Jeffrey Wayne 1947-2017

Subject

Smithsonian Institution Building (Washington, D.C.)

National Museum of African Art (U.S.)

Smithsonian Institution Building South Towers

Notes

The original negative number is 87-7965-34, but because of the quailty of the original negative, the original photograph was re-scanned and given new negative and digital file numbers.

Summary

View through a window in the National Museum of African Art (NMAfA) of the South Tower and the Flag Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), or "Castle." The new museum opened September 28, 1987.

Contained within

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 410, Box 3, Folder: Castle the thru African Window

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

2004-10336 or 87-7965-34

Restrictions & Rights

No restrictions

Type

Photographic print

Exterior

Physical description

Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Exterior; Medium: Photographic print

Data Source

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

Topic

Windows

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Record ID

siris_sic_10074