Download or read book Annual Report for the Year Ended June 30, 1951 (Classic Reprint) written by United States National Museum and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-11-18 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Annual Report for the Year Ended June 30, 1951 It is over 70 years since the United States National Museum finally emerged from its status as a national cabinet Of curiosities, presided over by the assistant secretary of the Smithsonian Institution, and achieved the dignity Of a building Of its own - the present Arts and Industries Building, now itself a relic Of an affectionately remembered past and fast achieving the status of a curiosity. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.