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99 years after the groundbreaking ceremony, I made my first visit to this remarkable space. By then, the name had been changed to the Arts & ... (read more)
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Completing the heavy construction of the United States National Museum building, now the National Museum of Natural History, on May 11, 1909, at 11 am, workmen ... (read more)
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The United States National Museum Building, now the Arts and Industries Building, designed by Architects Cluss and Schulze, is under construction, December 1879. Scaffolding is in ... (read more)
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Trucks are hauling dirt from the construction site in preparation for the Smithsonian Institution's $73.2 million underground complex on the Quad which includes the National Museum ... (read more)
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Aerial view of the Mall taken from the Washington Monument looking towards the Capitol. On the right is the United States Department of Agriculture Building (built ... (read more)
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Aerial view from the south showing the Smithsonian Institution Building with the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, across the Mall. ... (read more)
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Construction of the National Air and Space Museum with the steal structure going up, October 16, 1973. The Mall and the Capitol Building can be seen ... (read more)
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Staff of the Department of Anthropology, United States National Museum, 1904, standing in front of the Arts and Industries Building. Standing from left to right: E. ... (read more)
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Ziphius (a whale) skeleton on display in front of the Arts and Industries Building. A person sits in the window in the upper right of the ... (read more)
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A view from the northeast of the north facade of the Smithsonian Institution Building or Castle. Paths in the foreground on the Mall lead to the ... (read more)
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The Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB) seen from downtown Washington, D.C., from across The Mall, around 1855. In the foreground are construction materials along 15th Street, NW ... (read more)
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Aerial view of the Mall showing the construction of the new Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, in the lower ... (read more)
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Aerial view of the National Museum of American History following a six inch snowfall. (read more)
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Aerial view of the construction site for the National Museum of the American Indian seen from the south. This is an early phase of construction, with ... (read more)
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The Renwick Gallery building in the era when it housed the Corcoran Gallery of Art. This painting by Frederic Schuler Briggs shows people walking in front ... (read more)
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A section of the "Voyager," the first aircraft to fly around the world without landing or refueling, on a flat bed truck outside the National Air ... (read more)
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Aerial view of the construction progress of the Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, looking north on August 29, 1963. (read more)
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The exterior to the north side of the newly completed United States National Museum Building, now the Arts and Industries Building (A&I) designed by architects Cluss ... (read more)
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View of the construction of the northwest quadrant of the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building. The walls of the ... (read more)
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An aerial photograph of the National Mall on August 10, 1996. The Mall is packed with people for the Birthday Party on the Mall celebration of ... (read more)
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View of the Smithsonian Institution Building (SIB), or "Castle", during the Marine Corps Marathon. The marathon runners can be seen passing in front of the Castle ... (read more)
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Aerial view of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden under construction, 15 August 1972. The museum building is at about half its height, with the outer ... (read more)
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Smithsonian Building, Arts & Industries, and Capitol from Dept. of Agriculture. Photograph taken from Department of Agriculture Building is looking east toward the west facade of ... (read more)
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Stereo view of the exterior of the original Corcoran Gallery of Art, today it is the Renwick Gallery, with statues by Moses Ezekiel visible in niches ... (read more)
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Image of the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center being built near Dulles Airport in Virginia. The building will be used to store ... (read more)
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