Results for "Building"
- Blog Post
Revisiting the Construction of the Freer Gallery of Art
- Date: September 29, 2016
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: Some new insights from the construction records of the Freer Gallery of Art, celebrating 100 years since groundbreaking.
Where is the Smithsonian?
- Date: January 2, 2014
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The simple question, "Where is the Smithsonian?," has always been a difficult one to answer.
- Blog Post
See Here: 12/27/2010
- Date: December 27, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="408" caption="Aerial photo from the Washington Monument showing the newly completed Museum of History and Technology, now the National Museum of American History, the construction of the West Wing of the Natural History Building, The National Mall, Constitution Avenue, the Capitol in the distance, and the Smithsonian Institution
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.
Sneak Peek 6/8/2015
- Date: June 8, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: William R. Johnston of the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) registrar's office checks items into newly renovated space at the Patent Office Building, OPA-1003-07.
Sneak Peek 7/11/2016
- Date: July 11, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: United States Fish Commission offices at building designed by Adolf Cluss at 1443 Massachusetts Avenue, NW, Washington DC, 1880s, by Thomas W. Smillie, MAH-3364.
Link Love: 11/25/2016
- Date: November 25, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Thankful edition!Artist Gabriel Dawe makes rainbows. [via Bored Panda]Our Arts & Industries building, the 1st U.S. National Museum, amazes many who visit the National Mall. Learn more about it!Some key things you should know about American Indians from the director of our National Museum of the American Indian. [via Washington Post]Colombian singer Carlos Vives is donating one
- Blog Post
Celebrate American Archives Month with the Smithsonian
- Date: September 20, 2010
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="232" caption="The flag pole on the top of the Flag Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building with the American flag and the new flag of the Smithsonian Institution, 1996, by Eric Long, Color photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 97-074, Box 1, Folder, Birthday Party on the Mall Bell and Flag, Negative Number:
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.
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Freida Austin Johnson
- Date: February 3, 2021
- 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.
The Smithsonian Seismological Institute
- Date: August 26, 2014
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: The Smithsonian proposed creating a Seismological Institute after the San Francisco earthquake of 1906.
- Blog Post
The World Is Yours: Fashion Parade of Presidents’ Wives
- Date: March 4, 2021
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Take a listen to clips from the episode of The World Is Yours titled “Fashion Parade of Presidents’ Wives.”