Jawaharlal Nehru: His Life and His India, NMHT Exhibit
Object Details
- Date
- October 26, 1965, to January 2, 1966
- Author
- Unknown
- Subject
- Eames, Charles
- Eames, Ray
- Nehru, Jawaharlal 1889-1964
- National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- National Museum of American History (U.S.) (NMAH)
- Museum of History and Technology (U.S.)
- Jawaharlal Nehru: His Life and His India (Exhibition) (Date: 1965-1966, Location: Museum of History and Technology)
- Notes
- This traveling exhibition was circulated to five cities in 1965-1966 after Nehru died in 1964.
- Summary
- View is of traveling exhibition designed by Charles and Ray Eames, titled "Jawaharlal Nehru: His Life and His India," on display at the new Museum of History and Technology, now known as National Museum of American History, from October 26, 1965, to January 2, 1966. A guide dressed in a sari stands beside a case holding musical instruments. A visitor on the right is looking at an exhibit. Two people sit on a bench.
- Contained within
- Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 285, Box 14, Folder: 7A
- Contact information
- Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, [email protected]
- Category
- Historic Images of the Smithsonian
- Place
- India
- Topic
- Museum visitors
- Clothing and dress
- Musical instruments
- Exhibitions
- Data Source
- Smithsonian Archives - History Div
- Standard number
- X3805-A or MAH X3805-A
- Type
- Event
- Photographic print
- Group, candid
- Exhibit
- Restrictions & Rights
- No restrictions
- Physical description
- Number of Images: 1; Color: Black and white; Size: 7.5 h x 10w; Type of Image: Event; Exibit; Group, Candid; Medium: Photographic print
- Record ID
- siris_sic_11789