Results for "American Voices (Traveling exhibition) (circa 1997)"
Hot Topics in Archives Research
- Date: February 18, 2014
- Creator: Mary Markey
- Description: Quarterly post on research at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
Hearing The World Is Yours
- Date: May 14, 2020
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Take a listen to clips from an episode of The World Is Yours.
Revisiting the Arts and Industries Building
- Date: April 17, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Closed to the public since 2004, the Arts and Industries Building remains closed for the foreseeable future. Here is a look back at what used to be there.
Queue the Quadrangle - South Mall Transformation
- Date: November 20, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A look at the Quadrangle complex of the Smithsonian that encompasses the Enid Haupt Garden, the National Museum of African Art and the Arthur M. Sackler Gallery.
Science Service, Up Close: Patent Parades, Silk Purses, and Snake Bite Remedies
- Date: March 30, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Everyone loves a parade – especially one followed by a banquet. When scientists and politicians met in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1936, to celebrate the centennial of the U.S. patent system, they listened first to a conventional program of speeches. Then, in the afternoon, Science Service director Watson Davis arranged something different: a “Research Parade” featuring
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See Here: 7/20/2010
- Date: July 20, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Birds of the World Hall, 1956, by Unidentified photographer, Unidentified medium, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 190, United States National Museum, Office of the Director, Records, circa 1921-1973, Series 21, Box 89, Negative Number: mnh-43843b.jpg."][/caption]
Miscellaneous Adventures in Ballooning
- Date: August 2, 2016
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Our series Miscellaneous Adventures finds photos of war balloons used by the US Army Signal Corps.
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Mothers Day Inspiration
- Date: May 9, 2017
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Get ready for Mother's Day with these images of Smithsonian staff and their families caring for young animals.
Science Service, Up Close: Honors and Honorees
- Date: August 4, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: A selection from thirty years of engineering and scientific awards from the Science Service biographical morgue.
The Mysterious Miscellaneous 37
- Date: May 13, 2014
- Creator: Courtney Bellizzi
- Description: It is too hard to know everything that lives inside an archival collection. Join us in opening up some of our miscellaneous folders and discover what is inside!
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Looking for Women Managers of the Smithsonian’s Museums
- Date: March 16, 2022
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: When did women begin to manage Smithsonian museums? Meet Grace Dunham Guest who was a key staff member in opening the Freer Gallery of Art in 1923.
Jeannine Smith Clark and the Increase and Diffusion of Cultural Education
- Date: February 23, 2016
- Description: This post discusses the contributions of volunteer Jeannine Smith Clark to the Smithsonian.