Results for "Art museum curators"
Sneak Peek 7/29/2019
- Date: July 29, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Section of Vertebrate Paleontology staff of the United States National Museum, with research associate Oliver Perry Hay, and assistant curators Charles Whitney Gilmore and James Williams Gidley, MNH-38548A.
Sneak Peek 8/5/2019
- Date: August 5, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Smith Hempstone Oliver, associate curator in the Section of Land Transportation, poses with a Greene and Dyer monocycle in front of the United States National Museum, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-41054.
Sneak Peek 10/22/2018
- Date: October 22, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Dr. Richard L. Zusi, associate curator in the Division of Birds, Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Museum of Natural History, examines bird skulls, August 31, 1964, by Jack Scott, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-154.
Robert Ridgway: Seeing the Forest Through the Trees
- Date: April 30, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Robert Ridgway, known primarily for his extensive contributions to ornithology and as curator of birds for the United States National Museum, was also a keen observer of the changing landscape in areas where he conducted his detailed studies.
Sneak Peek 5/2/2016
- Date: May 2, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Gerrit S. Miller, Curator of Mammals at the United States National Museum, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, SIA2012-10006.
Celebrating 120 Years of the Smithsonian’s Photographic History Collection
- Date: July 14, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Did you know that the Smithsonian Institution has been collecting “specimens” related to the history of photography since photography was still considered a new technology? Learn about the evolution of our photography collection!
Sneak Peek 7/9/2018
- Date: July 9, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Visit of Emperor Hirohito of Japan to National Museum of Natural History, 75-13769-14.
Sneak Peek 1/30/2013
- Date: January 30, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: National Air Museum curator Paul Garber on a 1913 Harley Davidson motorcycle.
Sneak Peek 7/14/2014
- Date: July 14, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Richard Vari, Curator of Vertebrate Zoology, Department of Fishes, at the National Museum of Natural History.
Sneak Peek 12/11/2017
- Date: December 11, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Donald J. Ortner, Division of Physical Anthropology museum technician, demonstrates use of equipment to study mineral concentration in bone on William H. Crocker, associate curator in the Division of Cultural Anthropology at the Museum of Natural History, MNH-1498D.
Sneak Peek 7/7/2014
- Date: July 7, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Curator Clayton Edward Ray of the Division of Vertebrate Paleontology in the National Museum of Natural History examines a walrus skull, January 17, 1967.
Sneak Peek 2/22/2016
- Date: February 22, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Roy S. Clarke, Associate Curator in the Department of Mineral Sciences at the National Museum of Natural History, examines samples from a Mexican meteorite shower for the Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, OPA-1447-09A.