Description: In 1975 The George Eastman House in Rochester, NY opened a small exhibition titled “New Topographics: Photographs Of A Man Altered Landscape,” that changed the way we think about photography and the art of landscape. While it launched a new photographic style and conceptual framework for a traditional artistic genre, it also re-affirmed photography’s powerful ability to
Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Description: Dr. Elizabeth Broun, Director, Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Renwick Gallery, 1989–2016, oversaw major renovations, welcomed groundbreaking exhibitions, and diversified the museum’s collections. She served as the museum’s Chief Curator and Assistant Director, 1983–88. #Groundbreaker
Description: First hand account of Mary Henry, daughter of Joseph Henry, about what Washington DC was like during the holidays in the time of the Civil War.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="410" caption=""The Ranger Burial," a special exhibition of Western sculptures by Harry Jackson by the National Collection of Fine Arts, now the National Museum of American Art, in the lobby of the Natural History Building, February 10 - March 8, 1964, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record
Description: Snuggle up and pass the popcorn because the Smithsonian American Art Museum and New-York Historical Society teamed up for a #MuseumHolidayMovies marathon. [via SAAM]Five climate experts are giving us hope. [via Earth Optimism][edan-image:id=siris_arc_386150,size=450,center]The New York Times reviews the decade through photographs. [via New York Times]The National Museum of
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="The Smithsonian Institution Building seen from downtown Washington, D.C., from across The Mall, around 1855. In the foreground are construction materials along 15th Street, NW for the new wing added in 1855 to the Treasury Building. The Treasury building is the oldest departmental building in Washington, D.C.having been
Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
Description: August is National Parks Month, a time to celebrate the resources that have been preserved across the country for the public. In August of 1916, the US Congress created the National Park Service which today provides access to unparalleled natural beauty and treasured sites in American history.
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.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="431" caption="Exhibit of Contemporary Hungarian Artists under auspices of the American Federation of Arts and the American-Hungarian Foundation, at the National Gallery, now the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in the Museum of Natural History, April 23-May 31, 1930, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution
Description: Savage Beauty, the posthumous and retrospective exhibition of women’s fashions designed by Alexander McQueen (1969–2010) at New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art closed early in August. The record breaking event—an official attendance count of 661,509 visitors made it the eighth biggest show in the museum’s history—featured approximately one hundred ensembles drawn, primarily,
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