Accession 10-215

National Museum of American History

Website Records, 2010

Descriptive Entry

This accession consists of the website for Smithsonian Jazz, as it existed on August 5, 2010. Smithsonian Jazz is a National Museum of American History program preserving and perpetuating jazz as an American national treasure through collections, exhibitions, performances, recordings, publications, oral histories, and educational programs. The website includes classroom materials, lesson plans, and teacher kits; oral histories; links to jazz-related exhibitions, websites, and publications; and details about Jazz Appreciation Month. In addition, the website features the Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra which explores, presents, promotes, and perpetuates the historical legacy of jazz through performances and educational activities. Materials include websites and audio files and are in electronic format.

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Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.

Name

• Smithsonian Jazz Masterworks Orchestra
• National Museum of American History (U.S.). Smithsonian Jazz

Subject

• Jazz
• Museums -- Collection management
• Museum exhibits
• Music -- Performance
• Publications
• Oral history
• Museums -- Educational aspects
• Web sites
• Jazz Appreciation Month
• Historical museums
• Museums -- Public relations
• United States -- Social life and customs

Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection

• Electronic records

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Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-215, National Museum of American History, Website Records

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