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British Museum
British Museum the national repository in London for treasures in science and art. Located in the Bloomsbury section of the city, it has departments of antiquities, prints and drawings, coins and medals, and ethnography. The museum was established by act of Parliament in 1753 when the collection of... Read more |
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Smithsonian Institution. National Museum of the American Indian
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Museums
MUSEUMS MUSEUMS define relationships between life, community, the nation, and the world through the interpretation of objects, experience, and the environment. These institutions range from community-based museums, such as the Japanese American National Museum in Los Angeles, and Chinatown... Read more |
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Sir Robert Smirke
Sir Robert Smirke 1781-1867, English architect, one of the most noted exponents of the classic revival . His best-known design is the main facade of the British Museum (1823-47). Other buildings in London are the General Post Office and the Royal College of Physicians. Smirke's influence resulted... Read more |
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Pedro Ramirez Vazquez
Ramírez Vázquez, Pedro (1919– ). Mexican architect. He designed the School of Medicine, Mexico City (1953), but his museum work is best known, notably the National Museum of Anthropology, Mexico City, with a huge forecourt featuring much masonry (1963–4). He designed... Read more |
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Clark Wissler
Wissler, ClarkWORKS BY WISSLERSUPPLEMENTARY BIBLIOGRAPHYClark Wissler (1870-1947) was a man of varied interests and activities: his contributions were in physical anthropology, ethnography and ethnology, museum administration, and teaching.He taught in public schools before taking a college degree;... Read more |
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Santa Ana (United States)
Santa Ana , city (1990 pop. 293,742), seat of Orange co., S Calif., in the fertile Santa Ana valley; inc. 1886. It began as a farm trade and processing center for the surrounding region and was connected to Los Angeles in 1878 by the Southern Pacific RR. Santa Ana grew industrially after World War... Read more |
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Science museums
museums of science institutions or buildings where collections relevant to science and technology are preserved and displayed to promote education and research. While the preponderance of these museums are in North America and Europe, the chief cities of Australia, New Zealand, Africa, and Latin... Read more |
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Franz von Lenbach
Franz von Lenbach , 1836-1904, German portrait painter. He studied in Munich and Rome and from 1863 to 1868 worked as a copyist of old masters in Italy and Spain. His early work was in genre, but later he devoted himself to portraiture, in a style derivative of Titian and Rembrandt. Lenbach executed... Read more |
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Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian Institution research and education center, at Washington, D.C.; founded 1846 under the terms of the will of James Smithson of London, who in 1829 bequeathed his fortune to the United States to create an establishment for the "increase and diffusion of knowledge among men." The... Read more |
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