Author:
Robertson, Charles (Charles J.)
Publisher:London : Smithsonian American Art Museum, National Portrait Gallery in association with Scala Publishers, 2006.
Description:106, [6] p. : ill. (some col.) ; 23 x 24 cm.
Note:Published in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Patent Office Building, Washington, D.C., July 2006-July 2007.
Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. [109]) and index.
Note:Beginnings -- The turning point -- Robert Mills in charge -- A museum of curiosities -- Era of expansion -- The Civil War years -- Lincoln's inaugural ball -- Completion of the building -- The conflagration -- Rebuilding -- Decline -- Revival -- The museums -- Renovation.
