Author:

Unknown  Search this

Subject:

United States National Museum  Search this

Arts and Industries Building  Search this

United States National Museum Division of Marine Invertebrates  Search this

Physical description:

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

Type:

Photographic print

Exhibit

Date:

1886

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

From "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington." New York: Brentano Brothers, 1886. Page 21

Summary:

Illustration (Fig. 7) of a branching sponge from the Department of Marine Invertebrates, Zoology, in "A Handbook to the National Museum under the direction of the Smithsonian Institution, Washington". The "west hall" in the Smithsonian Institution Building, exhibited one of the finest displays in the world, of sponges, corals, echinoderms, worms and Crustacea.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives Information File Box 13 Folder Smithsonian Guide Books, 1886 (Brentano Bros.)

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Exhibitions  Search this

Visitor's Guide  Search this

Department of Zoology (USNM)  Search this

Sponges  Search this

Marine invertebrates  Search this

Standard number:

95-20335

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_10404