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Author:
Long, Eric  Search this
Subject:
National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)  Search this
National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)  Search this
National Museum of American History (U.S.) Hands on History Room  Search this
Physical description:
Color: Black and White; Size: 8w x 10h; Type of Image: Persons, candid; Medium: Photographic print
Type:
Photographic print
Group, candid
Date:
1992
Category:
Historic Images of the Smithsonian
Notes:
Featured in Torch, December 1992
Summary:
The Hands on History Room, located on the second floor of the Museum of American History just around the corner from the Star-Spangled Banner, opened December 8, 1992. 11th graders Jeremy Randall and Rebecca Walther of Watkins Mill High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland got a chance to harness a mule, an activity in the Hands on History Room. Rebecca is the daughter of NMAH Publications Specialist Susan Walther, one of many staffers who worked on the project.
Contained within:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015, Box 2, Folder: December 1992
Contact information:
Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu
Topic:
Museum visitors  Search this
Children  Search this
Students  Search this
Museums and people with disabilities  Search this
Exhibitions  Search this
Museums--Educational aspects  Search this
Disabilities  Search this
People with disabilities  Search this
Standard number:
92-14291-12 or 92-14291.12
Restrictions & Rights:
No restrictions
Data Source:
Smithsonian Archives - History Div
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_sic_10167