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1. NASSER_220612_04.JPG: The National Academy of Sciences in Service to the Nation Our Mission
2. NASSER_220612_07.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
3. NASSER_220612_13.JPG: The National Academy of Sciences Building Today
4. NASSER_220612_19.JPG: The History of Art and Architecture at the NAS Hildreth Meiere
5. NASSER_220612_24.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.
6. NASSER_220612_27.JPG: President Calvin Coolidge, during his principal address, declared "this magnificent building now being dedicated to science predicts a new day in scientific research."
7. NASSER_220612_30.JPG: Construction of the Great Hall dome in progress. This southeast-facing view was taken circa fall 1923.
8. NASSER_220612_33.JPG: Taken during construction on April 6, 1923, this northeast-facing photograph features the Great Hall in the foreground.
9. NASSER_220612_34.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.
10. NASSER_220612_37.JPG: Albert Herter Lee Lawrie
11. NASSER_220612_40.JPG: Robert Berks Albert Einstein, 1953 Sculptor Robert Berks has created more than three hundred portraits of notable individuals, including the bust of President Kennedy at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Berks sculpted this bust of Einstein following an April 1953 visit to Einstein's Princeton study, where he posed in casual clothing. That visit inspired Berks' monumental and beloved statue on the grounds of the NAS Building.
12. NASSER_220612_49.JPG: The Einstein Memorial
13. NASSER_220612_52.JPG: Robert Berks and Elizabeth Roboz Einstein, widow of Einstein's son Hans Albert, at the Albert Einstein Memorial Statue dedication.
14. NASSER_220612_58.JPG: Additions
15. NASSER_220612_61.JPG: Cyril M. Harris in the auditorium, for which he designed the acoustics.
16. NASSER_220612_65.JPG: Portrait of Fred Kavli painted by Jon R. Friedman in 2010.
17. NASSER_220612_67.JPG: A 360-degree panoramic of the auditorium, 2005. The red fabric was replaced with blue during the restoration (2010-2012).
18. NASSER_220612_73.JPG: The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, Medicine Advancing the Discussion
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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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