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School history teacher and i will try and probably feebley fail to do him justice in describing this beautiful room youve chosen for your 25th lecture. You have chosen a remarkably historic room. But first, i have to thank the offices of the senate cure rater and historian who prepare histories of our art and rooms. Without them this introduction simply wouldnt be possible. So to begin. In the early 1900s the house and the senate decided they had outgrown their space. They commissioned two architects from new york. To build them a house and Senate Office buildings. Those have now become the Cannon House Office building and the russell Senate Office building. Interestingly, if you know theyre sort of mirror images from above. But those two individuals were educated in paris and a part of that education brought this bea ....
Cherry blossom festival. Then it stays through the summer. Stays just about six months and then we put it back into protective storage. When the greatcoat of Abraham Lincoln is not on exhibit, its housed here. The coat is fragile so it only goes on exhibit for a stretch of time. Six month on, exhibit six month off exhibit so it can rest. Resting place for the coat when its relaxing is out here at the National ParkService Museum resource center. We have a special box designed for the coat so it can be in rest here, so the fabrics can relax and the coat can be preserved longer. Much of the fords theater collection comes from a private collector. Theres a variety associated with him and his collecting of objects associated with the assassination of lincoln. This particular object right here, this is a violin that was purpo ....
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