Author:

Long, Eric  Search this

Subject:

Pilgrim, Dianne H  Search this

Office of Public Affairs  Search this

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden  Search this

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum  Search this

Physical description:

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

Type:

Photographic print

Group, candid

Date:

1991

Category:

Historic Images of the Smithsonian

Notes:

Featured in the Smithsonian Torch, August 1991.

Summary:

The Office of Public Affairs in 1991 produced a new television public-service announcement to encourage visitors with physical disabilities to take advantage of the Smithsonian's facilities. The PSA featured Cooper-Hewitt Museum of Decorative Arts and Design's Director Dianne Pilgrim, seen here during the June filming in the Hirshhorn Sculpture Garden. SI's "Guide for Disabled Visitors" was sent to interested viewers who called in.

Contained within:

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015, Box 2, Folder: August 1991

Contact information:

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

Topic:

Accessibility  Search this

Museum visitors  Search this

Museums and people with disabilities  Search this

Sculpture gardens  Search this

Statues  Search this

Sculpture  Search this

Art museum directors  Search this

Disabilities  Search this

People with disabilities  Search this

Standard number:

91-7908-12

Restrictions & Rights:

No restrictions

Data Source:

Smithsonian Archives - History Div

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:siris_sic_10155