Results for "Architecture -- History"
“The Proper Thing to Do": James Smithson’s Journey to Washington
- Date: June 27, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: On the 190th anniversary of the death of Smithsonian founding donor James Smithson, we’re taking a look back at his posthumous journey, led by Alexander Graham Bell, to his final resting place in Washington, D.C.
- Smithsonian Legal Document
H.R. 6410, A Bill to authorize the construction of a building for a Museum of History and Technology for the Smithsonian Institution, including the preparation of plans and specifications, and all other work incidental thereto
- Date: 1956 06/15/1955
- Creator: Jones, Robert, Jr
- Creator: Jones, Robert, Jr
Introducing Smithson to Smithsonian
- Date: August 10, 2022
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: As the Smithsonian geared up to celebrate its 175th anniversary, the Libraries and Archives decided to revisit the online exhibition From Smithsonian to Smithsonian, created a quarter of a century ago. Today, on the Smithsonian’s birthday, we are pleased to celebrate the launch of a new, refreshed and greatly expanded web exhibition, Smithson to Smithsonian.
History Records, 1954-1999
- Date: 1954 1954-1999
- Creator: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act To authorize the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution to plan, design, construct, and equip space in the East Court of the National Museum of Natural History building, and for other purposes
- Date: 1991 10/24/1990
- Creator: 101st Congress, Sess. 2, 1991
- Creator: 101st Congress, Sess. 2, 1991
- Smithsonian Legal Document
House of Representatives Report No. 617. Authorizing the construction of a building for a museum of history and technology for the Smithsonian Institution, including the preparation of plans and specifications, and all other work incidental thereto
- Date: 1955 05/24/1955
- Creator: 84th Congress, Sess. 1
- Creator: 84th Congress, Sess. 1
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Dr. Carol Farrington Jopling
- Date: October 28, 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.
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An act making appropriations for sundry civil expenses of the Government for the fiscal year ending June thirtieth, eighteen hundred and seventy-seven, and for other purposes
- Date: 1877 07/31/1876
- Creator: 44th Congress, Sess. 1, 1876
- Creator: 44th Congress, Sess. 1, 1876
National Museum of Natural History, circa 1905
- Date: 1905 circa 1905
- Creator: Hornblower & Marshall
- Blog Post
Archives Puzzles: The Woman’s Building
- Date: March 8, 2021
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.
Benedict Arnold's Lake Champlain Gondola/Gunboat Remains
- Date: 1961 Revolution, 1775-1783
- Creator: Lundeberg, Philip K. 1923-2019
- Creator: Lundeberg, Philip K. 1923-2019
- SI History Bibliography
The Smithsonian Institution: Its Origin, Growth, and Activities
- Date: January and February 1896
- Creator: Bolton, Henry Carrington
- Creator: Bolton, Henry Carrington
