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Interior of the National Aviary

1935/1980

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Interior of the National Aviary
  • Title
  • Interior of the National Aviary
  • Identifier
  • MSP285.B018.F01.I08
  • Source Identifier
  • MSP285.B018.F01.I08
  • Description
  • The West Park Aviary-Conservatory, known today as the National Aviary, is located in Pittsburgh’s North Side neighborhood. The $340,000 facility opened on August 10, 1952, on the site of the old Phipps Conservatory. In 1993 Congress designated it as the nations’ official avian institution, and its name was changed to the National Aviary. The newly rebuilt conservatory included the addition of birds to the indoor gardens. Today, the National Aviary, home to over 600 birds of more than 220 species, is America’s only independent indoor nonprofit bird zoo.
  • Genre
  • photographs
  • Subject
  • National Aviary (Pittsburgh, Pa.)
    Conservatories--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Birds--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
    Aviaries--Pennsylvania--Pittsburgh.
  • Source
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs, 1892-1981, MSP 285, Library and Archives Division, Senator John Heinz History Center
  • Contributor
  • Detre Library & Archives, Heinz History Center
  • Collection
  • Allegheny Conference on Community Development Photographs
  • Rights Information
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