Reference Request
Finding Aids to Official Records of the Smithsonian Institution Archives
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.
Index Terms
This collection is indexed under the following access terms. These are links to collections with related topics, persons or places.
Name
Subject
- Historical museums
- Jazz
- Jazz Appreciation Month
- Museum exhibits
- Museums -- Collection management
- Museums -- Educational aspects
- Museums -- Public relations
- Music -- Performance
- Oral history
- Publications
- United States -- Social life and customs
- Web sites
Physical Characteristics of Materials in the Collection
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation
Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 10-215, National Museum of American History, Website Records