Exhibitions

Beyond the City Lights: American Domestic Gas Lighting Systems

October 17, 1985 – May 4, 1986

National Museum of American History
1300 Constitution Ave., NW
Washington, DC

1st Floor, West Corridor

See on Map Floor Plan

The exhibition examines the advent and development of gas lighting and gas-producing machines in the U.S. from the early 19th century to the early 20th century with patent models, light figures, prints, photographs, and documents.