America's Smithsonian: Celebrating 150 Years [Paperback]

Smithsonian Institute (Author), I. Michael Heyman (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1996

America's Smithsonian accompanies an unprecedented traveling exhibition of the best of the Instutite's collections. This guide offers readers the chance to savor the extraordinary objects that embody our collective desire to commemorate our national experience. The exhibition opens in Los Angeles in February 1996, and travels to 11 cities nationwide through 1997. 342 color photos.

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Founded in 1846 with a bequest from Englishman James Smithson, the Smithsonian, with its complex of museums, archives, and research departments, holds in trust for the American people over 140 million artifacts. To celebrate its sesquicentennial, the largest museum exhibition to travel the United States?and the largest collection of national treasures exhibited outside the Smithsonian?has been carefully assembled for a 13-city tour. Hundreds of staff members and specialists have culled from this hoard some of the most distinctive works for exhibition. This tome, a companion to the tour, divides the offerings into sections that mark human exploration and discovery, human creativity and imagination, and a celebration of both momentous events and everyday lives. For those unable to visit the Smithsonian, this catalog, with its 342 color illustrations, offers the chance to savor the objects that embody our national experience. Highly recommended for all collections.?Joseph C. Hewgley, Nashville P.L.
Copyright 1996 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Paperback: 288 pages
• Publisher: Smithsonian Books (April 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1560986999
• ISBN-13: 978-1560986997
• Product Dimensions: 11.8 x 9 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.9 pounds
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,054,835 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)