Smithsonian Institution Archives

Exhibition Records, 1971-2002

Summary

Collection ID:
SIA.FA08-051
Creators:
Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
Dates:
1971-2002
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
8 cu. ft. (8 record storage boxes)
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting exhibitions produced by the Office of Exhibits Central (OEC) for various Smithsonian Institution units. Exhibitions documented in this accession include Speak to My Heart: Communities of Faith and Contemporary African American Life; Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture; In Search of Balance: The Artist Scholar; Life on the Road: The Photographs of Milt Hinton; Resonant Forms; Three Generations of African American Women Sculptors: A Study in Paradox; Vision Journal: Harlem and D.C. in the Thirties and Forties; Art of Jack Delano; Jewels of Lalique; Microbes: Invisible Invaders' Amazing Allies; Picturing Natural History; Seeing Jazz; Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices; Iznik and China: Porcelain From the Topkapi Saray Museum (cancelled); Voyages and Visions: Nineteenth-Century European Images of the Middle East from the Victoria and Albert Museum; American Legacies (cancelled); Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present; Land of Promise: America in the 19th Century; Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s; Piano 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos; This Land is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie; Beyond the Maine; Emergence of Man; Feather Focus; Galapagos: A Living Laboratory; Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People; Crossroads Alaska; Mysterious Manatees: Photographs by Karen Glaser; North American Mammals; Seeds of Change; Audubon and the Smithsonian; Make the Dirt Fly!: Building the Panama Canal; Science and the Artist's Book; From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution; Underwater Web: Cabling the Seas; Stories of the People; Pathways of Tradition: Indian Insights into Indian Worlds; and Who Stole the Tepee?. Some non-exhibition design projects are also documented in this accession, including projects related to the Smithsonian Institution 150th Birthday Party on the National Mall. Materials include scripts, design drawings, label text, budgets, correspondence, memoranda, brochures, images, graphics, clippings, floor plans, product design samples, and related materials.

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Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 08-051, Smithsonian Institution, Office of Exhibits Central, Exhibition Records

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Speak to My Heart: Communities of Faith and Contemporary African American Life (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Caribbean Visions: Contemporary Paintings and Sculpture (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
In Search of Balance: The Artist Scholar (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Life on the Road: The Photographs of Milt Hinton (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Resonant Forms (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Three Generations of African American Women Sculptors: A Study in Paradox (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vision Journal: Harlem and D.C. in the Thirties and Forties (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
American Voices: Latino Photographers in the United States (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Art of Jack Delano (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Jewels of Lalique (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Microbes: Invisible Invaders… Amazing Allies (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Picturing Natural History (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Seeing Jazz (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Strong Hearts: Native American Visions and Voices (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Iznik and China: Porcelain From the Topkapi Saray Museum (Proposed exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Voyages and Visions: Nineteenth-Century European Images of the Middle East from the Victoria and Albert Museum (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
American Legacies (Propoosed exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: A History of American Sweatshops, 1820-Present (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Land of Promise: America in the 19th Century (Proposed exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Piano 300: Celebrating Three Centuries of People and Pianos (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
This Land is Your Land: The Life and Legacy of Woody Guthrie (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Beyond the Maine (Exhibition) (1998: Washinton, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Emergence of Man (Exhibition) (1992: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Feather Focus (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Galapagos: A Living Laboratory (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Crossroads Alaska (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Mysterious Manatees: Photographs by Karen Glaser (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
North American Mammals (Exhibition) (Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Seeds of Change (Exhibition) (1991-1993: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Audubon and the Smithsonian (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Frontier Photographer: Edward S. Curtis (Exhibition) (1998: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Make the Dirt Fly!: Building the Panama Canal (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Science and the Artist's Book (Exhibition) (1995-1996: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution (Exhibition) (1996: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Underwater Web: Cabling the Seas (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Stories of the People (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Pathways of Tradition: Indian Insights into Indian Worlds (Exhibition) (1992-1993: New York, N.Y.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Who Stole the Tepee? (Exhibition) (2000-2001: New York, N.Y.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Smithsonian Institution 150th Birthday Party on the National Mall (1996: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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Brochures Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Clippings Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Drawings Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Floor plans Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Black-and-white transparencies Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color photographs Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Color transparencies Genre/Form Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid

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