Smithsonian Institution. Office of Physical Plant Search this
Extent:
111 cu. ft. (111 record storage boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Compact discs
Floppy disks
Architectural drawings
Drawings
Floor plans
Color photographs
Black-and-white photographs
Black-and-white transparencies
Video recordings
Place:
Mall, The (Washington, D.C.)
Date:
1982-2000
Descriptive Entry:
This accession includes project files documenting Office of Physical Plant (OPP) renovation and reconstruction activities of Smithsonian museums and facilities. Materials
include correspondence, memoranda, and notes; blueprints and drawings; budget summaries; proposals; reports; and photographs. Each folder includes the OPP project number,
project name, Smithsonian facility and original OPP box numbers.
Buildings, museums and projects documented in this collection include: the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, the National Museum of Natural History, the National Museum of American
Art, the National Air and Space Museum and the Dulles Extension, the Smithsonian Institution Building (Castle), the National Portrait Gallery, the "America's Smithsonian"
exhibit, the National Museum of the American Indian/George Gustave Heye Center, the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, the Freer Gallery of Art, the National Museum of African Art, the
Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, the Arts and Industries Building, the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center, the Quadrangle Complex, the National Museum of American
History, the Garber Facility/Silver Hill Facility, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, the Renwick Gallery, the National
Postal Museum, the Museum Support Center, the United States Soldiers' Home, the National Mall, the General Post Office Building, L'Enfant Plaza offices, the Barney Studio
House, and miscellaneous other locations.
Topic:
Architecture -- Conservation and restoration Search this
United States National Museum. Superintendent of Construction for the United States National Museum Building Search this
Container:
Box 16 of 27
Type:
Archival materials
Collection Citation:
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 81, United States National Museum. Superintendent of Construction for the United States National Museum Building, Records
