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Special Exhibition Records, 1985, 1988, 1991-1995, 1998-2007

Summary

Collection ID:
SIA.FA11-068
Creators:
National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits
Dates:
1985, 1988, 1991-1995, 1998-2007
Languages:
English
Physical Description:
16.33 cu. ft. (13 record storage boxes) (1 16x20 box) (6 oversize drawing boxes)
Repository:
Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

Descriptive Entry
This accession consists of records documenting special exhibitions and traveling exhibitions produced or hosted at the National Museum of Natural History. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Baseball as America;" "America's Wildest Places: Our National Wildlife Refuge System;" "A Place Called Home;" "Dinotopia;" "Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations;" "Eliot Porter: The Color of Wildness;" "Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China, and Mongolia, 1921-1925;" "Spirit of Ancient Colombian Gold;" "Passion for Plants: Contemporary Art from the Shirley Sherwood Collection;" "Peter Rabbit's Garden;" "Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan;" "Caves: A Fragile Wilderness;" "Hawaiian Treasures;" "In Stabiano: Exploring the Ancient Seaside Villas of the Roman Elite;" "Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People;" "Through the Lens: National Geographic Greatest Portraits;" "Burgess Shale: Evolution's Big Bang;" "Masters of the Ocean Realm: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises;" "Korean American Century;" "Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand;" "World of Wonders;" "Desert and Sea: Visions of Baja California;" "Subhankar Banerjee: Seasons of Life and Land;" "Picture Puzzles: Red Cloud's Manikin and His Uncle's Shirt;" "Transitions: Photographs by Robert Creamer;" "Visual Griots;" "Ancient Microworlds;" "Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey;" "Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibit;" "Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska;" "Beyond the Java Sea: Art of Indonesia's Outer Islands;" "Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota;" "Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People;" "Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga;" "Anteaters: Fast Food Specialists;" "Spiders!;" "Shark!;" "Meteorites on a Mission;" "Voyages of Discovery;" "Making of the Natural History Museum's Galapagos IMAX Film;" "Buccellati: Art in Gold, Silver, and Gems;" "Royal Tombs of Sipan;" "Seeds of Change;" and "Wonder Bound: Rare Books on Early Museums." Materials include memoranda, correspondence, press releases, object lists, scripts, installation images, floor plans, architectural drawings, brochures, budgets, checklists, schedules, exhibition catalogs, graphic elements, videos, maps, ephemera, and related materials. Some materials are in electronic format.

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Using the Collection

Prefered Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 11-068, National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits, Special Exhibition Records

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Baseball as America (Exhibition) (2004: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Baseball as America (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
America's Wildest Places: Our National Wildlife Refuge System (Exhibition) (2003-2004: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
America's Wildest Places: Our National Wildlife Refuge System (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
A Place Called Home (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
A Place Called Home (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dinotopia (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Dinotopia (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations (Exhibition) (2007: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Emissaries of Peace: The 1762 Cherokee and British Delegations (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Eliot Porter: The Color of Wildness (Exhibition) (2003: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Eliot Porter: The Color of Wildness (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China, and Mongolia, 1921-1925 (Exhibition) (2006: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vanished Kingdoms: The Wulsin Photographs of Tibet, China, and Mongolia, 1921-1925 (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Spirit of Ancient Colombian Gold (Exhibition) (2005-2006: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Passion for Plants: Contemporary Art from the Shirley Sherwood Collection (Exhibitions) (2003: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Peter Rabbit's Garden (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Peter Rabbit's Garden (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Modern Mongolia: Reclaiming Genghis Khan (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Caves: A Fragile Wilderness (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hawaiian Treasures (Exhibition) (2004-2005: 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
In Stabiano: Exploring the Ancient Seaside Villas of the Roman Elite (Exhibition) (2004: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
In Stabiano: Exploring the Ancient Seaside Villas of the Roman Elite (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Looking Both Ways: Heritage and Identity of the Alutiiq People (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Through the Lens: National Geographic Greatest Portraits (Exhibition) (c. 2003: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Through the Lens: National Geographic Greatest Portraits (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Burgess Shale: Evolution's Big Bang (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Masters of the Ocean Realm: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (Exhibition) (2001-2002: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Masters of the Ocean Realm: Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Korean American Century (Exhibition) (2003: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Korean American Century (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand (Exhibition) (2005: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
World of Wonders (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Desert and Sea: Visions of Baja California (Exhibition) (c. 2000: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Desert and Sea: Visions of Baja California (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Subhankar Banerjee: Seasons of Life and Land (Exhibition) (2003: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Picture Puzzles: Red Cloud's Manikin and His Uncle's Shirt (Exhibition) (2003: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Transitions: Photographs by Robert Creamer (Exhibition) (2006-2007: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Transitions: Photographs by Robert Creamer (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Visual Griots (Exhibition) (2006-2007: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Visual Griots (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ancient Microworlds (Exhibition) (2005: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey (Exhibition) (2006: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wondrous Cold: An Antarctic Journey (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibit (2006: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Lewis and Clark: The National Bicentennial Exhibit (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Crossroads of Continents: Cultures of Siberia and Alaska (Exhibition) (1988: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Beyond the Java Sea: Art of Indonesia's Outer Islands (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Beyond the Java Sea: Art of Indonesia's Outer Islands (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Kimono as Art: The Landscapes of Itchiku Kubota (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Ainu: Spirit of a Northern People (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga (Traveling exhibition) (2000-2003) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Anteaters: Fast Food Specialists (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Spiders! (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Spiders! (Traveling exhibition) (1994-2000 ) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Shark! (Exhibition) (1985: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Meteorites on a Mission (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Voyages of Discovery (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Voyages of Discovery (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Making of the Natural History Museum's Galapagos IMAX Film (Exhibition) (1999: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Buccellati: Art in Gold, Silver, and Gems (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Royal Tombs of Sipan (Exhibition) (1995: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Royal Tombs of Sipan (Traveling exhibition) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Seeds of Change (Exhibition) (1991-1993: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Seeds of Change (Traveling exhibition) (1992-1995) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Burgess Shale: Evolution's Big Bang (Exhibition) (2003-2004: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
Wonder Bound: Rare Books on Early Museums (Exhibition) (2002: Washington, D.C.) Corporate Name Search Smithsonian Collections Search ArchiveGrid
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