Opening Day for Apple Store, History Center at Carnegie Library (photos)
By May 12, 2019 0 2240
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It was a mix of the old and the new at the grand reopening of the restored Carnegie Library building on Mount Vernon Square in Washington, D.C., on Saturday, May 11, featuring a flagship Apple Store and the DC History Center. The latter will encompass the Kiplinger Research Library, three museum galleries and a museum store, owned and operated by the 125-year-old Historical Society of Washington, D.C.
The Beaux-Arts-style building first opened its doors in 1903. The restoration project, which began in 2016, preserved the building’s historic facades and restored some of its early 20th-Century detailing while maintaining the original footprint of the interior.
The 19,000-square-foot Mount Vernon store is Apple’s second in the District, after the one located on Wisconsin Avenue in Georgetown. It occupies the building’s lower level gallery, plus parts of the main staircase and foyers, including a courtyard area and atrium known as “The Forum,” which will be used as a teaching space.
Founded in 1894, the Historical Society of Washington, D.C., is the city’s only museum and library dedicated to the history of our nation’s capital. The new History Center will showcase rotating exhibitions. The Historical Society will occupy the second floor. The basement floor will also house a photo gallery focusing on the history of the city.
Currently on view is an exhibition titled “The Big Picture,” a “look at 20th-century Washington through spectacular panoramic photography.” Along with thousands of panoramic images, donors Mark and Douglas Segal contributed their father’s massive Cirkut camera to the Society’s collection. Anchoring the exhibition is a wall-size photo taken just before the seventh game of the 1924 World Series, eventually won by the Washington Senators in extra innings over the New York Giants.
The Kiplinger Research Library, due to reopen this summer, will provide access for scholars and residents alike to one of the city’s largest and diverse collections of local historical memorabilia.
The DC History Center will be open Tuesday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m., and Sunday, noon to 5 p.m. Admission is free.
During the next six weeks, the StoryMakers Festival will bring together 40 local artists, poets, activists, musicians, photographers, filmmakers, lawmakers and community builders to celebrate storytelling and inspire attendees to tell their own stories.
View Jeff Malet’s photos from the grand reopening of the Carnegie Library by clicking on the photo icons below.
- Lining up to enter the Carnegie Library at the grand reopening on Saturday morning. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- Apple staff great visitors at the door. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- Apple will occupy the buildings lower level gallery, plus parts of the main staircase and foyers. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- DC artist Jamilla Okubo is greated by Kinley and Lila (both age 7) from Oak Island N.C. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- Currently on view is an exhibition titled “The Big Picture,” a look at 20th-century Washington through spectacular panoramic photography. Photo by Jeff Malet.
- Huge panorama photo taken before the 7th game of the 1924 World Series between the Washington Senators and the New York Giants. Posing in the center are Senators Manager Bucky Harris, President Calvin Coolidge and Giants manager John McGraw. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- Jumbo size panorama of aviator Amelia Earhart standing at Bolling Field (photo by Jeff Malet)
- The Forum is in a double-height atrium. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- Caroline Mindel with Lucia Edmonds points to her house on a giant map of D.C. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- John Hinners looks at seats from the original Griffith Stadium. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- Griffith Stadium Presidential Box Seats (photo by Jeff Malet)
- “The Big Picture” is a look at 20th-century Washington through spectacular panoramic photography. (Photo by Jeff Malet).
- The photographers of Capitol Photo Service used this Cirkut Camera #10 to create some of the panorama photos seen in the exhibit. Donated by Mark and Douglas Segal. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- DC History Center Store (photo by Jeff Malet)
- Mark and Douglas Segal posing with Historical Society of Washington, D.C. historian, Jane Levey. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- The urban plan developed in 1791 by Major Pierre Charles L’Enfant for George Washington (photo by Jeff Malet)
- Historical photos on display in the basement area which is topped by a vaulted ceiling. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- Nancy Kasler of D.C. examines a photo showing sufragettes on the march. (photo by Jeff Malet)
- The Beaux-Arts style building first opened its doors in 1903. (photo by Jeff Malet)