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Diane Wendt

Associate Curator

B.A., College of William and Mary, 1982

Research Specialties 

History of pharmacy, patent medicines and consumer health products

Projects 

Current Projects:

  • Whatever Happened to Polio? exhibition, opening April 2005
  • Balm of America Web catalog of patent medicine collection (under development)
  • History of the Sterling Drug Company
  • History of the G.W. Aimar Drug Company of Charleston, S.C.
  • Pharmaceutical archival collections at the Smithsonian

Past Projects:

  • Extending the Legacy: Planning America's Capital for the 20th Century exhibition, 1996-7
Professional Affiliations 

American Institute for the History of Pharmacy

Publications

"Changing in Place: Public Spaces on the National Mall" companion piece to the exhibition "Extending the Legacy: Planning America's Capital for the 20th Century" (1996).

This brochure, based on an 1875 panoramic photo, provides a brief history of the design of the National Mall.