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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. NASSER_181102_006.JPG: The National Academy of Sciences in Service to the Nation Our Mission
2. NASSER_181102_009.JPG: Advisors to the Nation on Science, Engineering, and Medicine
3. NASSER_181102_026.JPG: A Home for Science in America "We call it the building for the National Academy of Sciences and the National Research Council, but in reality it should be the nation's home of science in America, and will be looked upon by our fellow citizens and the world at large as the place where the creative mind will be able to do much to bring about a better existence for the future people of the world." -- NAS President Charles D. Walcott, 1922
4. NASSER_181102_031.JPG: Cheryl Goldsleger Perspective, 2009
5. NASSER_181102_035.JPG: Cheryl Goldsleger Cupola, 2009
6. NASSER_181102_041.JPG: The National Academy of Sciences Building was dedicated in April 1924. This neoclassical building, widely acclaimed by the popular and scientific press and architects, provided the NAS with its long-desired headquarters in a location along the National Mall. This south-facing, elevated view from C Street shows the Lincoln Memorial in the background.
7. NASSER_181102_044.JPG: Construction of the Great Hall dome in progress. This southeast-facing view was taken circa fall 1923.
8. NASSER_181102_048.JPG: Taken during construction on April 6, 1923, this northeast-facing photograph features the Great Hall in the foreground.
9. NASSER_181102_055.JPG: The History of Art and Architecture at the NAS Hildreth Meiere
10. NASSER_181102_058.JPG: Albert Herter Lee Lawrie
11. NASSER_181102_061.JPG: J.P. Wilson Architectural presentation drawing of the National Academy of Sciences Building, circa 1922
12. NASSER_181102_068.JPG: J.P. Wilson The Academy by Moonlight, 1925
13. NASSER_181102_072.JPG: Architectural drawing of details in the Great Hall of the National Academy of Sciences Building, Washington DC, 1921
14. NASSER_181102_078.JPG: Cheryl Goldsleger The NAS Project: Bertram Grosvenor Goodhue, George Ellery Hale, and Gano Dunn's Vision, 2011
15. NASSER_181102_086.JPG: John F. Kennedy, 1963 At centennial of the NAS, convocation at Constitution Hall, October 22, 1963 [He was assassinated exactly a month later.]
16. NASSER_181102_091.JPG: Calvin Coolidge, 1924 At NAS Building Dedication Program
17. NASSER_181102_097.JPG: Barack Obama, 2009
18. NASSER_181102_105.JPG: The Einstein Memorial
19. NASSER_181102_112.JPG: The National Academy of Sciences Building Today
20. NASSER_181102_121.JPG: Gregory Vershbow National Academy of Sciences, Great Hall Restoration, 2011
21. NASSER_181102_130.JPG: Additions
22. NASSER_181102_135.JPG: J.P. Wilson Architectural presentation drawing of the National Academy of Sciences Building, circa 1922
23. NASSER_181102_138.JPG: Cleaning and Conservation
24. NASSER_181102_141.JPG: Cleaning and Restoration of the Murals
25. NASSER_181102_149.JPG: Cleaning of the Bronze, Stone, and Marble
26. NASSER_181213_01.JPG: Fred Kavli (1927-2013) by Jon R. Friedman, 2010
27. NASSER_181213_08.JPG: Fred Kavli
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Description of Subject Matter: The National Academy of Sciences: In Service to the Nation
This permanent exhibition highlights the history and work of the National Academy of Sciences. Learn more about the Academy’s 1863 founding, its leadership, pivotal reports, and the history of its art, architecture, and recent building restoration project. Works of art by James Perry Wilson, Robert Berks, Cheryl Goldsleger, and Gregory Vershbow are featured in the exhibition, as well as original building blueprints from the 1920s.
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