galleries and museums

Hunterian Museum. Royal College of Surgeons / T.H. Shepherd ; E. Radcl...

Interior of museum, showing skeletons of mammals. Public domain photograph - historical image of England, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

The Smithsonian Institution. Book illustration from Library of Congres...

Engraving showing people standing in groups on the lawn and sidewalks at the front entrance to the Smithsonian Institute.

Smithsonian Institution, Wash., D.C. (Andrew J. Russel)

Photograph shows the Smithsonian Institution building from the northeast with spectators in the driveway and seated on the grass. Photograph taken before Jan. 1865 when a major fire destroyed parts of the buil... More

Burning of the Smithsonian Institute at Washington, January 24, 1865 /...

Wood engraving showing the Smithsonian Institution engulfed in flames. Wood engraving after Philip Wharton. Wood engraving in Harper's Weekly, Feb. 11, 1865, p. 94. Reference copy filed in LOT 4386-48.

[Interior of the Weapons Museum] / Abdullah Frères.

Armory Museum of Ayairene (Church of St. Irene). Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 4. No. 925. In album: Armory museums, Istanbul, Ottoman Empire. Forms part of: ... More

[Interior of the Weapons Museum]

Armory Museum of Ayairene (Church of St. Irene). Photograph possibly by Abdullah Frères. Title translated from album caption. Captioned in Ottoman Turkish and French. No. 2. No. 914. In album: Armory museums, I... More

The national dime-museum - will be run during the presidential campaig...

Illustration shows a gallery of presidential candidates, clockwise, from bottom left: John Kelly as a card-playing pig, Chester A. Arthur as "The Snake Charmer" charming a snake labeled "Stalwart Vote" with a h... More

Zürich. Bahnhofbrücke & Landes Museum view, photochrome print postcard...

Title in Detroit Publishing Co., Catalogue J foreign section, Detroit, Mich. : Detroit Publishing Company, 1905: "Switzerland. Zurich. Railway Bridge and Museum." Print no. "9774. P.Z." Gift; Detroit Publishi... More

Sculpture court, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, N.Y

Detroit Publishing Co. no. 071490. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

Butterfield Museum, Dartmouth College

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Fogg Museum of Art, Cambridge - Public domain photograph.

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[Albright Art Museum (Gallery), Delaware Park, Buffalo, N.Y.]

[The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.]

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Art Museum and school, Eden Park, Cincinnati, Ohio

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Jennie Wade House, Gettysburg - Public domain image. Dry plate negativ...

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Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences [Brooklyn Museum], Brooklyn, N...

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[Albright Museum (Albright Art Gallery), Buffalo, N.Y.]

[Jefferson Davis mansion (Confederate Museum), Richmond, Virginia]

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[Library, museum, Michigan Agricultural College (Michigan State Univer...

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The Jade room, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

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[House of the Idylwood Art Gallery, Scottsville, Virginia]

H117267 U.S. Copyright Office.

New National Museum [of Natural History] and Gallery, Washington, D.C.

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Vnutri muzei︠a︡ Bi︠e︡loĭ Palaty. Rostov Velikīĭ

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Milwaukee Art Museum (originally Milwaukee War Memorial), Milwaukee, W...

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Milwaukee Art Museum (originally Milwaukee War Memorial), Milwaukee, W...

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Mosque of St. Sophia, Constantinople, Turkey

J237956 U.S. Copyright Office No. 473. No. 10977. Public domain photograph of stereoscopic card, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Field Museum and Illinois Central Tracks, Chicago

Print shows trains and train tracks with the Field Museum in the distance. [Art and industry, Chicago], [His Railroad series] Wuerth, 721. Edition of 50? Print from well-wiped plate. Plate destroyed. (Source: B... More

National Gallery of Art. Exterior of National Gallery from southwest c...

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National Gallery of Art. Main entrance from side (left) of National Ga...

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Lincoln Memorial. Lincoln Museum (Ford's Theatre)

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National Gallery of Art. Roof of National Gallery of Art for Internati...

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National Gallery of Art. West garden court of National Gallery

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National Gallery of Art. Fountain and corner of National Gallery

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National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, south side I

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National Gallery of Art. Fountain and west corner of National Gallery

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National Gallery of Art. Fountain and east corner of National Gallery

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Smithsonian Institution exteriors. Smithsonian Institution Building I

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National Gallery of Art. Rotunda of National Gallery from east hall

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Museum of the City of New York, 5th Ave. and 104th St., New York City....

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Museum of the City of New York, 5th Ave. and 103rd St., New York City....

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Seignouret Brulatour, 520 Royal St. Brulatour Cl., New Orleans, Orlean...

Title from photographer's inventory. Building/structure dates: 1816. Related name: Reed Art Gallery. Acquired in 1870 by Brulatour, also wine merchant. Built by Francois Seignouret, native of Bordeaux, wine mer... More

Smithsonian Institution Building. Spirit of St. Louis exhibit, Smithso...

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Smithsonian Institution. Natural History Museum II

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National Gallery of Art. English painting in National Gallery of Art

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Smithsonian Institution. Natural History Museum I

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Norton Gallery and School of Art, West Palm Beach, Florida. Entrance f...

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. Fountain detail I

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. East garden court II

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National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. East garden court III

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Gallery of American Collectors, 19 E. 68th St., New York City. Rear ro...

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Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware. Flock p...

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Henry Francis Du Pont Winterthur Museum, Winterthur, Delaware. Oyster ...

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Horseless Carriage Museum billboard, Route 16, Rapid City, South Dakot...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Bench and seats, Harold Warp Pioneer Village, Minden, Nebraska

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Purchase; John Margolies 2010 (DLC/PP-2010:191). Credit line: John Margolies Roadside America photograph archive (1972-2008), Library ... More

Renaissance sculpture gallery, auditorium, Worcester Art Museum

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Ivinson Mansion, 603 Ivinson Avenue, Laramie, Albany County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-74 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001295

Ivinson Mansion, 603 Ivinson Avenue, Laramie, Albany County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-74 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001295

Ivinson Mansion, 603 Ivinson Avenue, Laramie, Albany County, WY

Survey number: HABS WY-74 Building/structure dates: 1892 Initial Construction National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 72001295

Loleta Recreation Area, Bath House, Six miles Southeast of intersectio...

Significance: Constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps between the years of 1933 and 1936. The CCC work project was initiated by President Roosevelt to put young men to work while at the same time assisti... More

Estate Hammer Farms, Windmill Tower Ruins, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: Estate Hammer Farm is recorded as early as the 1720s. It was under cultivation before 1733. Its sugar factory site predates 1780. The windmill was constructed sometime between 1800 and 1833, pro... More

Estate Hammer Farms, Windmill Tower Ruins, Cruz Bay, St. John, VI

Significance: Estate Hammer Farm is recorded as early as the 1720s. It was under cultivation before 1733. Its sugar factory site predates 1780. The windmill was constructed sometime between 1800 and 1833, pro... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 102, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Rock Island Arsenal, Building No. 102, Rodman Avenue between Gillespie...

Significance: After taking command of Rock Island Arsenal in 1865, General Thomas Jefferson Rodman devised a master plan for the installation calling for the construction of ten large, Greek Revival, manufactur... More

Grand Portage National Monument, Buildings Complex, Off Highway 16, No...

Significance: Site of one of the most important fur posts on the North American Continent. Selected as headquarters of the North West Co. of Great Britain because of its excellent location between Lake Superio... More

Ford's Theater, 511 Tenth Street Northwest, Washington, District of Co...

Survey number: HABS DC-82 National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000034

Faneuil Hall, Dock Square, Boston, Suffolk County, MA

Significance: Faneuil Hall was called the "Cradle of Liberty" because many important meetings of protest were held here before the Revolution. It was the first Colonial attempt at academic design, completed in... More

Benjamin Harrison House, 1230 North Delaware Street, Indianapolis, Mar...

Significance: The house is the large, Italianate Victorian home of a successful Indianapolis lawyer and politician who became the twenty-third President of the United States. Survey number: HABS IN-53 Buildin... More

John Brown Fort, Shenandoah Street, Harpers Ferry, Jefferson County, W...

Significance: This structure was built in 1848 by the government to house the fire engines and watchman's house for the U.S. Armory. In 1859, Abolitionist John Brown and his followers, having sought refuge in t... More

Menor's Ferry (Museum), Snake River, Moose, Teton County, WY

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Presidio of San Francisco, Old Station Hospital, Funston Avenue & Linc...

1989 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: In 1864, in the midst of the Civil War, the Wright Army Hospital was built to replace an earlier, deteriorating structure. The elegant, southern style archit... More

Block Island Southeast Light, Spring Street & Mohegan Trail at Mohegan...

Significance: The Block Island Southeast Lighthouse is significant as a primary aid to the navigation of an otherwise dangerous area, once referred to as the "stumbling block" of the New England coast. It mark... More

Price House, Intersection of SC Routes 199, 200 & 86, Moore, Spartanbu...

Significance: Architecturally significant as an unusual type in the southern piedmont; historically significant as one of the earliest extant post offices in the South Carolina upcountry. Survey number: HABS S... More

Price House, Intersection of SC Routes 199, 200 & 86, Moore, Spartanbu...

Significance: Architecturally significant as an unusual type in the southern piedmont; historically significant as one of the earliest extant post offices in the South Carolina upcountry. Survey number: HABS S... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Congress Street Bascule Bridge, Spanning Fort Point Channel at Congres...

Significance: The Congress Street Bridge, built in 1930, is a trunnion bascule bridge and the most recent of the five movable-truss bridges spanning the Fort Point Channel. It replaced a steam operated swing d... More

Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Pari...

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum, was constructed circa 1809 by Alexis Cloutier. The site was part of a French land grant is... More

Kate Chopin House, State Highway 495, Cloutierville, Natchitoches Pari...

1998 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Fourth Place Significance: The Kate Chopin House, also known as the Bayou Folk Museum, was constructed circa 1809 by Alexis Cloutier. The site was part of a French land grant is... More

Farley Blacksmith Shop, 82 Memorial Parkway (moved to Johnson Park, Pi...

Significance: This is an early 19th century blacksmith shop, complete with original tools, still in use. Survey number: HABS NJ-715 Building/structure dates: 18t1 Initial Construction

Old Seminary Building, Arrow Rock, Saline County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-129 Survey number: HABS MO-231 Building/structure dates: after 1840 Initial Construction

Sabbathday Lake Shaker Community Meetinghouse, West of State Route 26,...

Significance: An excellent example of this building type and of fine framing and carpentry, representing a vernacular survival of exposed framing and simple trim. Unusually effective in its design and detail, t... More

Church Block, 44 Front Street, Bath, Sagadahoc County, ME

Significance: This Victorian brick business block has a first story cast-iron front, made at the Bath Iron Foundry. It was built in 1863 for Oliver Moses. Survey number: HABS ME-157 Building/structure dates:... More

Warren County Courthouse, Grove Street, Vicksburg, Warren County, MS

Significance: The Old Warren County Courthouse, Vicksburg Mississippi was dedicated 16 June 1858. Built by Weldon Brothers, Antrim, Ireland, using 100 trained slaves. The brick used in construction was burned... More

Fluvanna County Jail, Palmyra, Fluvanna County, Virginia

1996 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: Located in the County Seat of Fluvanna, the Fluvanna County Jail stands proudly as a memorial to the unprecedented construction and growth in Virginia during... More

The Union Agency, Honor Heights Park, Muskogee, Muskogee County, OK

Field records also include field notes for HABS No. OK-53 1992 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Entry Significance: South of Reservoir, also atop the hill, is the Union Agency, which today houses the Five Civilized T... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Dumbarton Oaks, 3101 R Street, Northwest, Washington, District of Colu...

Significance: No other property combines mansion, collections, and gardens into such an aesthetically compelling early to mid-twentieth century vision of estate living in Georgetown. Starting with the Bliss's o... More

Clinton Academy, Main Street, East Hampton, Suffolk County, NY

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-51 Survey number: HABS NY-4-24 Building/structure dates: 1784 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: 1887 Subsequent Work

Miners' Union Hall, Main Street, Bodie, Mono County, CA

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Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, 428 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, Lo...

West Mission Drive & Junipero Serra Street, is not verifiable. Changed to 428 South Mission Drive when addendum submitted in 2013. See HABS No. CA-37-8A for additional drawings. See also HALS CA-82 for addition... More

Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, 428 South Mission Drive, San Gabriel, Lo...

West Mission Drive & Junipero Serra Street, is not verifiable. Changed to 428 South Mission Drive when addendum submitted in 2013. See HABS No. CA-37-8A for additional drawings. See also HALS CA-82 for addition... More

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...

Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More

National Archives, Constitution Avenue, between Seventh & Ninth Street...

Significance: Serves as central archival repository of most important United States documents. Survey number: HABS DC-296 Building/structure dates: 1931-1937 Initial Construction National Register of Histor... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Newport Casino, 186-202 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Newport Casino was built in 1880 for James Gordon Bennett, publisher of the "New York Herald." Designed by McKim, Mead, and White, it was the fist of the suburban and resort country clubs whi... More

Tooele County Courthouse & City Hall, Vine Street just East of State R...

Significance: This building is one of few remaining century old civic buildings in the state, a simple but handsome pioneer structure. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-24 Survey n... More

Fort Riley, Riley, Riley County, KS

Significance: Fort Riley was established in the 1850's to protect settlers and traders traveling along the Santa Fe and Oregon Trails. It was laid out in a traditional cavalry post plan with limestone officer'... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More

Russian Bishop's House, 501 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Sitka Borough, AK

Significance: The Russian Bishop's House is one of only three buildings constructed during the Russian period that remain in Alaska. The log construction, low hipped roof, and stairways in end galleries are al... More