Contents 



Foreword 6 



Preface 8 



Chronology 9 



Part One: The Structure 



Chapter 1 The United States National Museum 15 



Chapter 2 The New Building 23 



Chapter 3 Building the Building 29 



Chapter 4 Moving into Valhalla 35 



Chapter 5 The National Gallery of Art 41 



Chapter 6 Affiliated Organizations 47 



Part Two: The Exhibits 



Chapter 7 New Exhibits, New Offices 57 



Chapter 8 The Great War and Its Lingering Aftermath 65 



Chapter 9 Interregnum 71 



Chapter 10 World War II 79 



Chapter 11 New Faces, New Funds, New Exhibits 85 



Chapter 12 New Wings and a New Elephant 99 



Chapter 13 Big Science: Deep Space, Deep Waters 1 1 1 



Chapter 14 "Modern Times" 117 



Part Three: The Museum 



Chapter 15 Museum Administration 129 



Chapter 16 The Scientific Staff 137 



Chapter 17 Shared Facilities 147 



Chapter 18 Shops and Maintenance 159 



Chapter 19 Others in the Building 165 



Chapter 20 The Visitors 171 



Chapter 21 Public Places 179 



Chapter 22 Outside the Building 191 



Chapter 23 The Collections 199 



Notes 207 



Index of Personal Names 214 



Sources of Illustrations 216 



