Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="405" caption="Mrs. Edna Winston, wife of Harry Winston, presenting the Hope Diamond to Secretary Leonard Carmichael and Curator George Switzer on November 10, 1958, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 57, Folder 11, Negative Number: SIA2008-2293."][/caption]
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Secretary S. Dillon Ripley (1964-1984) greets Mr. Joseph H. Hirshhorn, founding donor, on opening day of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, October 4, 1974, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 2 Folder November 1974, Negative Number:
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="442" caption="Visitors examine Antoine-Louis Barye's "Theseus Slaying the Centaur Biamor" in one of Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden's ambulatories, 1990, by Rick Vargas, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Accession 98-015 Box 2 Folder August 1990, Negative Number: 90-8838-22."][/caption]
Description: A biography of Joseph Henry (1797–1878), noted U.S. scientist and first Secretary, or chief executive officer, of the new Smithsonian Institution in 1846.
Description: This is part one of three in a series of blog posts about a research project on treating fire-affected optical discs. This month, we’ll introduce the project.
Description: In the early years of the National Museum of Natural History’s Insect Zoo, staff members, volunteers and their family ventured out to local field, streams and even monuments to collect specimens.