John Varden on:
[Wikipedia]
[Google]
[Amazon]
John Varden (c. 1790–1865) was an Americans, American collector of antiquities and museum pieces in the Washington D.C. area. He opened a commercial museum called the "Washington Museum of Curiosities" but was forced out of business by the free National Institute for the Promotion of Science, National Institute which started in 1840. He sold his collection to the National Institute, where he became an assistant curator. He worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian from 1858 until his death in 1865.
His collections formed the core of the Smithsonian's museum.
John Varden (c. 1790–1865) was an Americans, American collector of antiquities and museum pieces in the Washington D.C. area. He opened a commercial museum called the "Washington Museum of Curiosities" but was forced out of business by the free National Institute for the Promotion of Science, National Institute which started in 1840. He sold his collection to the National Institute, where he became an assistant curator. He worked at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian from 1858 until his death in 1865.
His collections formed the core of the Smithsonian's museum.
References
1790s births 1865 deaths American antiquarians 19th-century antiquarians Smithsonian Institution people {{US-bio-stub