Research Catalog

Title

Temple of invention : history of a national landmark / Charles J. Robertson.

Author

Robertson, Charles (Charles J.)

Publication

London : Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery in association with Scala Publishers, 2006.

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Details

Additional Authors

United States. Patent and Trademark Office

Description

106, [6] p. : ill. (some col.), ports.; 23 x 24 cm.

Subject

• Smithsonian American Art Museum > Exhibitions
• National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution) > Exhibitions
• United States. Patent and Trademark Office > Buildings > History > Exhibitions
• Smithsonian American Art Museum
• National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
• United States. Patent and Trademark Office > Buildings > History
• Public buildings > Remodeling for other use > Washington (D.C.) > Exhibitions
• Art museum architecture > Conservation and restoration > Washington (D.C.) > Exhibitions
• Public buildings > Remodeling for other use > Washington (D.C.)
• Art museum architecture > Conservation and restoration > Washington (D.C.)
• Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc. > Exhibitions
• Washington (D.C.) > Buildings, structures, etc

Genre/Form

History

Note

• Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Patent Office Building, Washington, D.C., July 2006-July 2007.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Beginnings -- The turning point -- Robert Mills in charge -- A museum of curiosities -- Era of expansion -- The Civil War years -- Lincoln's inaugural ball -- Completion of the building -- The conflagration -- Rebuilding -- Decline -- Revival -- The museums -- Renovation.

ISBN

1857593855 (softcover)

LCCN

^^2005023813

OCLC

• 61353000
• SCSB-9929780

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library