Temple of invention : history of a national landmark /
Robertson, Charles(Charles J.)
Smithsonian American Art Museum.
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
United States.Patent and Trademark Office.
London : Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery in association with Scala Publishers,
2006.
Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Patent Office Building, Washington, D.C., July 2006-July 2007.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]) and index.
Beginnings -- The turning point -- Robert Mills in charge -- A museum of curiosities -- Era of expansion -- The Civil War years -- Lincoln's inaugural ball -- Completion of the building -- The conflagration -- Rebuilding -- Decline -- Revival -- The museums -- Renovation.
Smithsonian American Art Museum.
National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
United States. Patent and Trademark Office
Public buildings
Art museum architecture