Description: Did you know April is Records and Information Management Month? Did you also know that the Smithsonian Institution has over 154 million objects, 10 million digital records, and 156,830 cubic feet of archival materials in its collections? It is mostly thanks to amazing record keeping that we are able to locate, care, and give access to millions of fascinating objects.We look at
Description: Tomorrow is the Smithsonian’s 172nd birthday! So, let’s celebrate with cake through the ages.[view:sia_slideshow==84135]Related ResourcesJames Smithson: Founder of the Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian Institution Archives17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!), The Bigger Picture, Smithsonian Institution ArchivesLooking Smithson’s Gift Horse in the Mouth, The
Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will be posting about the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_496,size=200,left]This month marks the 150th anniversary of the start of one of the most tumultuous periods in American history—the Civil War (view resources from the
Description: Reminiscences of Frank A. Taylor, founding director of the National Museum of American History which celebrates its 50th anniversary this year.
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="416" caption="James Smithson's (c.1765-1829) casket in the Regents' Room, South Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle," before its transfer to the Crypt at the North Entrance, Smithson's remains were brought to the United States by Smithsonian Regent Alexander Graham Bell, 1904, by Unidentified photographer, Black
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="A baby calf resting on the lawn of the South Yard behind the Smithsonian Institution Building or "Castle," as part of the Department of Living Animals around 1887, Live animals were kept in the South Yard for exhibit and study by the taxidermists before the National Zoological Park was founded in 1889, 1887, by
Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="430" caption="View of the newly completed Baird Auditorium, looking towards the stage, in the new National Museum Building, now known as the National Museum of Natural History, 1911, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 95 Box 33 Folder 27; Record Unit 79 Box 9 Folder 1,