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    SIA Acc. 14-025, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture, Subject Files, 1988-2010

    • Date: 1988 1988-2010
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Under Secretary for History, Art, and Culture
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    SIA Acc. 03-018, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Central Files, 1919-1986

    • Date: 1919 1919-1986
    • Creator: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  5. Archibald Wenley in China.

    “A Very Fine and Unusual Statue”: Fruits of the Freer Gallery Field Expeditions in China

    • Date: May 5, 2016
    • Description: Carl Whiting Bishop’s expedition to China for the Freer Gallery of Art and the Cosmic Buddha.

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    Smithsonian Gardens

    • Date: September 4, 2018
    • Description: During debates about the Smithsonian’s founding, the idea of using James Smithson’s bequest for a botanic garden was included in several drafts of the bill considered by Congress. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore commissioned America’s preeminent landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing to design plans for the National Mall, including grounds around the Smithsonian Castle,

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  9. Photos courtesy Zak Jensen & Andrea Shea/WBUR

    Link Love: 1/15/16

    • Date: January 15, 2016
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Harvard's pigment collection. [via Collossal]Also with gorgeous colors, a 700+ page Dutch book from 1692 documenting "every color in the spectrum." [via Open Culture] A new online exhibit examining what it's like to work in the U.S. on a H-1B visa from the Smithsonian's Asian Pacific American Center. [via Smithsonian Magazine] Later this year, scientists (including our own

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  11. Historic Pictures

    National Zoological Park

    • Date: April 18, 2011
    • Description: The National Zoological Park was founded in 1889 to preserve, teach, and conduct research about the animal world. The zoo opened in Rock Creek Park, Washington, DC in 1891, on a site designed by landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, and has been home to giant pandas, Asian elephants, and Smokey the Bear. History of the National Zoological ParkAdditional Historic Images of

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    This Day in SI History - december | Smithsonian Institution Archives

    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    SIA Acc. 00-051, Smithsonian Institution Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs, Grant Records, 1990-1995

    • Date: 1990 1990-1995
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Provost for Educational and Cultural Programs
    • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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  17. Trampled Snow Art from Simon Beck.

    Link Love: 12/28/2012

    • Date: December 28, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.

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    Samuel Pierpont Langley, 1834-1906

    • Date: April 14, 2011
    • Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.

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    Secretaries of the Smithsonian

    • Date: March 9, 2011
    • Description: Learn about the Secretaries - the chief executive officers - of the Smithsonian, from 1846 to today.

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  23. Female peep with plaid cape standing on seashore surrounded by fossils with black cliff and blue sky.

    Link Love: 3/30/2018

    • Date: March 30, 2018
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: Women's History Month edition, continued!The story of fossil seller and paleontologist Mary Anning (for whom the "She Sells Seashells" rhyme was possibly written), in Peeps. [via The Last Word on Nothing]A look at the WWI Women's Land Army composed of "farmettes" who went outside the home to address the national food shortage. [via LOC Blog]For 25 cents an hour, less than

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