BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots

DC -- Natl Museum of American History -- Exterior Shots:

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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. SIAHEX_200314_01.JPG: Temporary Closure Effective March 14, the Smithsonian museums in Washington, DC, including the National Zoo, and in New York City, have temporarily closed to support the effort to contain the spread of COVID-19. The Smithsonian's priority is to protect the safety and health of its staff, volunteers, and visitors. Please visit si.edu for updates on our operating status.
2. SIAHEX_200314_08.JPG: All of the museums were closed as the Covid-19 crisis spread to the capitol.
3. SIAHEX_200314_18.JPG: I didn't remember seeing the temporary cellphone towers when I was here last time but I could be wrong. The last time I remember seeing them was during the child president's 2017 inauguration.
4. SIAHEX_200906_004.JPG: You have to join every other movement for the freedom of the people. -- Bayard Rustin
5. SIAHEX_200906_014.JPG: "Hope will never be silent." -- Harvey Milk, gay rights activist, 1977
6. SIAHEX_200906_028.JPG: "What happens to any of us... had better be the business of us all." -- Mamie Till, mother and activist, 1955
7. SIAHEX_200906_041.JPG: "The way to right wrongs is to turn the light of truth upon them." -- Ida B. Wells, civil rights leader, 1892
8. SIAHEX_200906_059.JPG: "We who believe in freedom cannot rest." -- Ella Baker, civil rights activist, 1964
9. SIAHEX_200906_063.JPG: "All we want is what you want, no less and no more." -- Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm, 1970
10. SIAHEX_200906_089.JPG: "Nobody's free until everybody's free." -- Fannie Lou Hamer, civil rights leader, 1971
11. SIAHEX_200906_108.JPG: "Walk the street with us into history. Get off the sidewalk... Work for justice!" -- Dolores Huerta, labor activist, 1975
12. SIAHEX_200906_116.JPG: "Big bullies are small people #tinytrump" This was stuck on the sign.
13. SIAHEX_200906_121.JPG: "Now it is you turn to let freedom ring." -- Congressman John Lewis, 2020
14. SIAHEX_201015_05.JPG: Now on View Girlhood (It's Complicated)
15. SIAHEX_201015_08.JPG: Now on View Creating Icons How We Remember Woman Suffrage
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Description of Subject Matter: Abstract Sculptures of DC: Infinity
This sculpture was the first abstract work commissioned by the federal government.
Jos� de Rivera’s Infinity seems almost impossible - the thin stainless steel ribbon rotates on top of its granite pedestal with total stability. Standing at 13� feet tall, the delicate balancing act is one that repeats every 6 minutes as the ribbon completes its revolution. The ribbon’s design as a mobius strip (a surface with one continuous side formed by joining its ends after twisting one side 180�) creates an infinite loop, allowing it to rotate without interruption. Completed in 1967 and facing the National Mall, the intriguing sculpture has since attracted the attention of visitors to the National Museum of American History.
The sculpture, the first abstract work commissioned by the federal government in DC, represents time and technology, with the stainless steel ribbon symbolizing the continuous movement of both. The sculpture was fitting, for at the time of its unveiling, the National Museum of American History was named the National Museum of History and Technology.
The above was from https://historicsites.dcpreservation.org/items/show/1163?tour=61&index=9
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