Results for "Aliens Inside Us (Television program)"
Television and the Smithsonian: The Allure of Objects
- Date: October 15, 2012
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Television often uses museum artifacts to impart reality within illusion, but the real objects retain their power and relevancy.
17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)
- Date: August 10, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!
Preserving Smithsonian World, The First Steps
- Date: May 21, 2019
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: As a result of a generous grant, the Archives will soon catalogue and rehouse around 1,750 at-risk audiovisual media related to Smithsonian World.
Science Service, Up Close: Technology and Political Conventions
- Date: July 19, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In a Presidential election year, political news coverage can sometimes seem almost too instantaneous and continuous. Thanks to smartphones with cameras and microphones, journalists and citizens can relay images and sound from almost anywhere inside campaign activities. There was a time, however, when live broadcasting from political conventions and rallies was novel.Starting
Link Love: 8/28/2020
- Date: August 28, 2020
- Description: Attend today’s virtual historic film screening in commemoration of the hundredth anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment! [via UCLA Film & Television Archive] [edan-image:id=siris_arc_397460,size=350,center]Got an itch to meet the Smithsonian’s resident mosquito expert? [via Smithsonian Voices]The New York Public Library podcast explores the life’s work and
Connecting Teens and the Castle
- Date: April 25, 2017
- Description: A quick look inside the development of a teen-centric program/experience at the Smithsonian Castle.
- Blog Post
The 12 Days of Winter at the Archives
- Date: December 25, 2012
- Description: Check out our holiday message from the staff of the Smithsonian Institutiton Archives, including a special guest.
Viewing the Smithsonian in a Different Way
- Date: January 31, 2017
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: The Smithsonian Architectural History and Historic Preservation office serves as curator of the Smithsonian buildings.
- Blog Post
Coping With Stuff, Down Here and Up There
- Date: September 16, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: We’ve all got storage issues to confront. And when we do, some people take great pleasure in getting things organized and others get headaches. A small percentage descend into madness, while an equally small group see and then seize the business opportunities that are generated by the need to keep life, things, and information under control. Over the past few weeks, the
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Jacqueline Hicks Grazette
- Date: June 24, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.
Adventures in Adopt-a-Book
- Date: April 21, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Hear from Archives staff about some of the items up for “adoption” at the 2022 Adopt-a-Book salons and what makes them so special.
- Blog Post
Link Love: 8/20/2010
- Date: August 20, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="336" caption="South Beach, Miami, Florida, 2004, Courtesy of the TypArchive: www.typarchive.com."] [/caption] A visual archive of hand-painted and cool old signage [via @leetranlam]. Check out the Smithsonian Libraries’ extensive links to online exhibitions created by libraries and archives. Catch the spirit! The Gospel Music History