Exhibitions

The John H. Phipps Donation (19th-Century Bird Volumes)

October 1, 1981 – January 15, 1982

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

1st Floor, Dibner Library, by appointment

See on Map Floor Plan

Take flight with a collection of rare 19th-century illustrated volumes of birds and other natural history subjects, along with volumes by John Gould, Daniel G. Elliot, Thomas Brown, and Hermann Schlegel. All volumes in the show are lavishly illustrated in color.