Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building

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Smithsonian Institution facility historic building museum building

The Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building is a historic museum on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., known as one of the oldest Smithsonian buildings and an early home for the Institution’s exhibitions of American innovation and culture.

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Arts and Industries Building	1

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Smithsonian Institution facility ⓘ historic building ⓘ museum building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	AIB ⓘ Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building ⓘ surface form: Arts and Industries Building
architect	Adolf Cluss ⓘ Paul J. Pelz ⓘ
architecturalStyle	High Victorian ⓘ Neo-Romanesque ⓘ surface form: Romanesque Revival Victorian ⓘ
city	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
constructionStart	1879 ⓘ
continent	North America ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
floorCount	2 ⓘ
governingBody	Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution ⓘ surface form: Smithsonian Institution Board of Regents
hasCollectionType	American history exhibits ⓘ arts exhibitions ⓘ industrial exhibits ⓘ technology exhibitions ⓘ
hasFeature	central rotunda ⓘ four corner pavilions ⓘ interior exhibition hall ⓘ skylights ⓘ
hasFunction	event venue ⓘ museum exhibition space ⓘ
hasStatus	historic landmark ⓘ
historicUse	exhibition hall for arts and industries ⓘ National Museum of American History ⓘ surface form: national museum of the United States
listedOn	National Register of Historic Places ⓘ
locatedIn	Washington, D.C. ⓘ
locatedOn	National Mall ⓘ
material	brick ⓘ glass ⓘ iron ⓘ
nearby	Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ⓘ National Museum of the American Indian ⓘ Smithsonian Castle ⓘ
neighborhood	National Mall ⓘ
notableEvent	hosted the 1881 inaugural ball for President James A. Garfield ⓘ
nrhpListingYear	1966 ⓘ
nrhpType	contributing property in the National Mall Historic District ⓘ
opened	1881 ⓘ
ownedBy	Smithsonian Institution ⓘ
partOf	Smithsonian Institution buildings ⓘ surface form: Smithsonian Institution campus on the National Mall
region	District of Columbia ⓘ
significance	early home for Smithsonian exhibitions of American culture ⓘ early home for Smithsonian exhibitions of American innovation ⓘ second oldest Smithsonian museum building on the National Mall ⓘ

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