Results for "Art and industry"
Sneak Peek 7/31/2017
- Date: July 31, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Arrival of the Polaris A-3 missile, the first U.S. submarine-launched ballistic missile, outside the Arts and Industries Building, OPA-1172R2-9.
Sneak Peek 3/16/2015
- Date: March 16, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Presentation of nose section from American Airlines' "Flagship Vermont" Douglas DC-7 in the Arts and Industries Building, OPA-952R1-08.
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.
Everything I Own
- Date: February 6, 2020
- Creator: Heidi Stover
- Description: Some refer to the Smithsonian as "America's Attic." It probably earned this nickname because throughout its history, the Smithsonian has acquired artifacts, relics, paintings, personal collections, and even hair samples related to the Commander in Chief (yes, the National Museum of American History has a collection of presidential hairs!).With Presidents' Day coming up on
Sneak Peek 4/20/2015
- Date: April 20, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Exterior view of the National Air Museum, Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, and the Arts and Industries Building featuring Rocket Row, as seen from Independence Avenue, 77-2273.
Sneak Peek 11/17/2014
- Date: November 17, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Harpoons mounted for exhibit in the Fisheries area in the East North Range of the United States National Museum, now known as the Arts and Industries Building. Image Number: MAH-2855.
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See Here: 11/25/2009
- Date: November 25, 2009
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="Drugs Exhibit in Arts and Industries Buildings, 1972, by Richard K. Hofmeister, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 371 Box 1 Folder Summer 1972, Negative Number:72-5085-15A."][/caption]
Link Love: 8/26/2016
- Date: August 26, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: An inside peek at the "Belle of the Mall" (aka our Arts & Industries building) which just received its new director. [via NPR]Less than 30 days until our new African American History and Culture Museum opens and its director, Lonnie Bunch, gives us some perspective on this historic event. [via WAMU]Sketch your way to finding the image you're searching for! [via The Verge]One
Sneak Peek 2/5/2018
- Date: February 5, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Aerial view of National Mall, with the old Army Medical Museum in view next to the Arts and Industries Building, July 14, 1954, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-43049G.
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See Here: 8/4/2010
- Date: August 4, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="401" caption="Workers on the roof of the Arts and Industries Building are replacing the slate roof with tin, c. 1906, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95, Box 32, Folder 12, Negative Number: 20042."][/caption]
The Birth of a Building: Constructing the United States National Museum
- Date: June 20, 2013
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: The birth of the United States National Museum, now the National Museum of Natural History, as told through construction photographs.
Sneak Peek 1/29/2018
- Date: January 29, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: View from Independence Avenue of Air and Space Building, Rocket Row, Arts and Industries Building, and Castle, November 17, 1969, by Richard Farrar, SIA Acc. 11-009, 77-2273.