Exhibition Records

Summary

Collection ID:: Accession 86-155
Creators:: National Museum of American History. Department of Social and Cultural History
Dates:: 1981-1985
Languages:: English
Physical Description:: 10.8 cu. ft. (10 record storage boxes) (1 document box) (1 oversize folder)
Repository:: Smithsonian Institution Archives

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of records that document research for the major permanent exhibition in the museum, After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800, which opened in 1985. Included are scripts; contracted research reports by non-museum historians; graphics files for logos and stationery; public relations and educational training files; departmental chairman's files; administrative project files, including budget and personnel records; lists of objects for the exhibition; project historian's files; drawings of early American houses and site plans; and artwork for logos and stationery.

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Prefered Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 86-155, National Museum of American History. Department of Social and Cultural History, Exhibition Records

Keywords

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Keyword Terms	Keyword Types
National Museum of American History (U.S.) -- Exhibitions	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
National Museum of American History (U.S.). Life in America Project	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
After the Revolution: Everyday Life in America, 1780-1800 (Exhibition) (1985-2002: Washington, D.C.)	Corporate Name	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Museum exhibits	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
Social history	Topic	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
United States -- Social life and customs	Place	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
United States -- History	Place	Search Smithsonian Collections	Search ArchiveGrid
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Smithsonian Institution Archives

Washington, D.C.

Exhibition Records, 1981-1985