United States National Museum
Museum housing the collections of the Smithsonian Institution, 1850-1969.
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Summary
United States National Museum is a national museum[1]. It is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[2]
Key Facts
- Field of work: collections management[3]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: Washington, D.C.[4]
- Country: United States[5]
- Instance of: division[6]
- Headquarters location: Smithsonian Institution Building[7], Arts and Industries Building[8]
- Part of: Smithsonian Institution[9]
- Archives at: Smithsonian Institution Archives[10]
- Inception: 1850[11]
- Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: 1967[12]
- Location of formation: Washington, D.C.[13]
- Parent organization or unit: Smithsonian Institution[14]
- Significant event: reorganization[15]
- Described at URL: https://siarchives.si.edu/collections/siris_arc_217957[16]
- Director / manager: Spencer Fullerton Baird[17], George Brown Goode[18], Charles Doolittle Walcott[19], Richard Rathbun[20], William de Chastignier Ravenel[21], Alexander Wetmore[22], Remington Kellogg[23], Frank A. Taylor[24]
- Replaced by: National Museum of Natural History[25], National Museum of American History[26]
- Official name: United States National Museum[27]
- Significant person: John Enos Graf[28]
- On focus list of Wikimedia project: WikiProject Smithsonian Names[29]
- Funder: United States Congress[30]