Arts and Industries Building

The Arts and Industries Building is the second oldest of the museums on the in Initially named the National Museum, it was built to provide the Smithsonian with its first proper facility for public display of its growing collections.
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  • Building
  • …lies at an elevation of 23 feet (7 metres)
  • …is also known as “National Museum”
  • Description: Smithsonian Institution building

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Arts and Industries Building

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Latitude
38.88817° or 38° 53′ 17″ north
Longitude
-77.02414° or 77° 1′ 27″ west
Open location code
87C4VXQG+78
Geo­Names ID
4137605
Wiki­data ID
Q713932

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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Western Panjabi—“Arts and Industries Building” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “美术和工业大厦”
  • Chinese: “美術和工業大廈”
  • Chinese: “艺术工业楼”
  • Chinese: “藝術和產業大樓”
  • Dutch: “Arts and Industries Building”
  • French: “Pavillon des Arts et Industries”
  • German: “Arts and Industries Building”
  • Hebrew: “בניין האמנות והתעשיות”
  • Indonesian: “Arts and Industries Building”
  • Japanese: “芸術産業館”
  • Ukrainian: “Будинок мистецтв і індустрій”
  • Urdu: “آرٹس اینڈ انڈسٹریز بلڈنگ”
  • Western Panjabi: “آرٹس اینڈ انڈسٹریز بلڈنگ”

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