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Accession 13-286

National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)

Website Records, 2008-2013

Repository:Smithsonian Institution Archives, Washington, D.C. Contact us at osiaref@si.edu.
Creator:National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution)
Title:Website Records
Dates:2008-2013
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Collection:Accession 13-286
Language of Materials:English
Summary:

This accession consists of three websites and one blog maintained by the National Portrait Gallery. The main National Portrait Gallery website, crawled July 21, 2013, includes information on exhibitions, visiting, educational activities, publications, research projects, and donating. The website also includes the online exhibition "Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal." This accession does not include detailed collections information. The "Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013" website was crawled on July 21, 2013. The competition and resulting exhibition celebrates excellence and innovation, with a strong focus on the variety of portrait media used by artists today. In addition to information about the competition, it includes the portraits submitted by the finalists. The "CivilWar@Smithsonian" website, crawled July 30, 2013, is dedicated to examining the United States Civil War through the Smithsonian Institution's extensive and manifold collections. It includes narrative histories, a timeline, a list of resources, and photographs, paintings, objects, and documents from the collections. Although collections from across the Smithsonian are included, the website is produced by the National Portrait Gallery. The "Face to Face" blog, crawled on July 21, 2013, is dedicated to art, history, and the telling of American lives. The first post was in February 2008. Materials are in electronic format.

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This accession consists of three websites and one blog maintained by the National Portrait Gallery.

The main National Portrait Gallery website, crawled July 21, 2013, includes information on exhibitions, visiting, educational activities, publications, research projects, and donating. The website also includes the online exhibition Picturing Business in America: Hedcuts in the Wall Street Journal. This accession does not include detailed collections information.

The "Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013" website was crawled on July 21, 2013. The competition and resulting exhibition celebrates excellence and innovation, with a strong focus on the variety of portrait media used by artists today. In addition to information about the competition, it includes the portraits submitted by the finalists.

The "CivilWar@Smithsonian" website, crawled July 30, 2013, is dedicated to examining the United States Civil War through the Smithsonian Institution's extensive and manifold collections. It includes narrative histories, a timeline, a list of resources, and photographs, paintings, objects, and documents from the collections. Although collections from across the Smithsonian are included, the website is produced by the National Portrait Gallery.

The "Face to Face" blog, crawled on July 21, 2013, is dedicated to art, history, and the telling of American lives. The first post was in February 2008.

Materials are in electronic format.

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Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 13-286, National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution), Website Records

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Electronic Records

National Portrait Gallery website, crawled July 21, 2013

National Portrait Gallery website, crawled July 21, 2013
Electronic Records

"Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013" website, crawled July 21, 2013

"Outwin Boochever Portrait Competition 2013" website, crawled July 21, 2013
Electronic Records

"CivilWar@Smithsonian" website, crawled July 30, 2013

"CivilWar@Smithsonian" website, crawled July 30, 2013
Electronic Records

"Face to Face" blog, 2008-2013, crawled July 21, 2013

"Face to Face" blog, 2008-2013, crawled July 21, 2013
Electronic Records

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