Special Exhibition Records, circa

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1 , circa Finding aid prepared by Smithsonian Institution Archives Smithsonian Institution Archives Washington, D.C. Contact us at

2 Table of Contents Collection Overview... 1 Administrative Information... 1 Descriptive Entry... 1 Names and Subjects... 1 Container Listing... 3

3 Collection Overview Repository: Title: Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C., Special Exhibition Records Identifier: Accession Date: circa Extent: Creator:: Language: 6.58 cu. ft. (6 record storage boxes) (1 tall document box) National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits Language of Materials: English Administrative Information Prefered Citation Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession , National Museum of Natural History. Office of Exhibits, Special Exhibition Records Descriptive Entry This accession consists of records documenting the planning, production, and execution of traveling and other special exhibitions. Exhibitions documented in this accession include "Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga;" "Meteorites on a Mission;" "Linnaean Taxonomy in the 21rst Century;" "Voyages of Discovery;" "Anteaters: Fast Food Specialists;" "Ocean Planet;" "Amber: Window to the Past;" "Caves: A Fragile Wilderness;" "Buccellati: Art in Gold, Silver, and Gems;" "Seeds of Change;" "Beyond the Java Sea: Art of Indonesia's Outer Islands;" and "Spiders!" Materials include scripts, funding information, budgets, itineraries, schedules, setup and deinstallation instructions, graphics, memoranda, correspondence, notes, meeting minutes, agreements, contracts, publicity packets, clippings, floor plans, architectural drawings, images, object lists, brochures, background materials, specifications, loan paperwork, and condition reports. Names and Subject Terms This collection is indexed in the online catalog of the Smithsonian Institution under the following terms: Subjects: Museum exhibits Natural history museums Traveling exhibitions Page 1 of 11

4 Types of Materials: Architectural drawings Black-and-white negatives Black-and-white photographs Brochures Clippings Color negatives Color photographs Color transparencies Compact discs Electronic records Floor plans Floppy disks Manuscripts Names: Amber: Window to the Past (Exhibition) (1997: Washington, D.C.) Anteaters: Fast Food Specialists (Traveling exhibition) Beyond the Java Sea: Art of Indonesia's Outer Islands (Exhibition) (1991: Washington, D.C.) Buccellati: Art in Gold, Silver, and Gems (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.) Caves: A Fragile Wilderness (Traveling exhibition) Linnaean Taxonomy in the 21rst Century (Exhibition) (2001: Washington, D.C.) Meteorites on a Mission (Exhibition) (2000: Washington, D.C.) Ocean Planet (Exhibition) (1995 Washington, D.C.) Seeds of Change (Exhibition) ( : Washington, D.C.) Spiders! (Exhibition) (1994: Washington, D.C.) Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga (Traveling exhibition) ( ) Voyages of Discovery (Traveling exhibition) Page 2 of 11

5 Container Listing Box 1 Vikings: The North Atlantic Saga Transmittal forms/purchase Orders Schedules, history Task force Administration (2 folders) Final Report Meetings Agreements - Volvo/Nordic Council of Ministers Brainstorming Budget Paper Samples 410 Review comments Notes Statement of Purpose Bracketmaking Budget breakdown - Staff costs Funding Schedule Barbro Osher Foundation Catalogues (2 folders) Funds Production Estimates Foreign draft requests Page 3 of 11

6 Purchase Orders, Contracts (4 folders) Statens Historika Museum Couriers Couriers - Sigrid Raland (Norway) Couriers - Margret Gisladottir (Iceland) Couriers - Jacqueline Moran (Scotland) Couriers - Jan Bronsted (Denmark) Couriers - Carin Orrling Couriers - Peter Henricksen (Denmark) Couriers - Amy Clarke (British Museum) Couriers - Andrew Morrison (English Heritage) Couriers - Aki Arponen (Finland) Couriers - Ellen Pearlstein Couriers - Bruce Bourque Courier Travel (2 folders) Graphic Design Final Reports Box 2 Film Ship Animation Fabrication Bid Punch list (2 folders) Panoramic stock images Purchase Orders/Shipping Receipts/Invoices Publicity Packets for Venues Copyright Permission Page 4 of 11

7 Object list Metro Advertisement Lenders Insurance Sanders trip Outline Kick off meeting Iceland Interactive Schedule (2 folders) Space Preparation (2 folders) Saga Program Charlie Morrow Associates Content Drawings/Fabrication Models Media/Press (2 folders) Prospectus Miscellaneous Masterpiece International Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service (SITES) Shipping Shari Stout - Assistant Registrar Transmittals Ely Venues Floor Plans Page 5 of 11

8 Box 3 Tour (3 folders) Tour estimate Tour information Purchase Orders and Invoices Joel Berglund Vikings Contacts Design (includes electronic records) Floor Plans Notes Tour Prospectus Object List Script Security Logo Travel Foroya Fornminnisavn, Faeroe Islands National Museum of Finland National Museum of Scotland Purchase Orders Shipments and Purchase Orders - Jim Rubinstein Expenses Retail Audiovisual Design Page 6 of 11

9 Loans Final Report MFM Design Box 4 Press Budget Education Vikings RFP Tricky Objects (includes electronic records) Meteorites on a Mission Script General (2 folders) Linnaean Taxonomy in the 21st Century General Loans Exhibit Voyages of Discovery General Houston (2 folders) De-installation Administration (2 folders) Customs Budget Contracts (2 folders) Voyages II Voyages III Page 7 of 11

10 Voyages information packet Ferdinand Bauer's Natural History Drawings Mr. Kinsey Design Fabrication Lenders Object List Orders Media/Press Box 5 Retail Schedule Script Shipping Travel Voyages Demolition - Hall 10 Anteaters: Fast Food Specialists (Mammals on the Move) Fabrication Gift agreements Specimens Annette's research (2 folders, includes electronic records) Mammals Budget - Behring Content Design Script Larsen Page 8 of 11

11 Photo Research Kirk O' Brien Vision Statements Brochure Film Photo Rights information Slides Memorandum of Understanding Ann Jacobs - Photo Researcher Script/Design Design Anteaters (2 folders) Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Anteaters education Anteaters Purchase Orders Concepts Resources Resources - Edentata - General Resources - Miscellaneous Resources - Photographs Resources - Anteaters (2 folders) Culture Hall 10 Hologlobe Dome Box 6 Page 9 of 11

12 Ocean Planet Wu Letter (2 folders) Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Tour Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service Ocean Planet Letterhead MFM scope of work Funding Publicity Budget Correspondence Donation Agreement Dispersal Larry Fuente Fuente's Globe Pictures Photography Photograph Rights Purchase Orders RFP and Final Report Amber: Window to the Past General (Tickets/Slides) Specifications Caves: A Fragile Wilderness General (Memorandum of Understanding, Schedule, Script, Correspondence) (2 folders) Buccellati: Art in Gold, Silver, and Gems Notes Frontier Association Page 10 of 11

13 General (Correspondence, Slides) Seeds of Change General Shipping Photographs and Negatives Beyond the Java Sea: Art of Indonesia's Outer Islands General Loans (3 folders) Negatives Black and White Photographs UCLA - Granary Bird Box 7 Box 7 of 7 Condition Reports Spiders! Box 7 of 7 Box 7 of 7 Pictures General Page 11 of 11