Results for "Buildings"
- Blog Post
James Smithson, c. 1765–1829
- Date: June 27, 2012
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: On June 27, 1829 James Smithson passed away in Genoa, Italy. His remains were later to rest in the Smithsonian Institution Building.
- Blog Post
See Here: 4/20/2010
- Date: April 20, 2010
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="285" caption="Plants stored between the greenhouse and the Office Building in the South Yard, A portion of the Smithsonian Institution Building, the "Castle," is visible in the background, 1974, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 94 Box 32 Folder 14, Negative Number:
Sneak Peek 7/8/2013
- Date: July 8, 2013
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Flatiron Building at the intersection of 5th Avenue and 23rd Street in New York.
- Blog Post
Wartime in Washington—Mary Henry on the First Manassas
- Date: July 21, 2011
- Description: Throughout the next months, the Smithsonian Institution Archives will feature posts related to the Smithsonian and the Civil War in honor of the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War. On July 21, 1861, the First Battle of Manassas raged just thirty miles southwest of Washington DC and the Smithsonian Institution Building that housed Secretary Joseph Henry and his family.
You Spin Me Right Round
- Date: May 17, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: William Wetmore Story's statue of Smithsonian
- Blog Post
See Here: 1/11/2011
- Date: January 11, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="399" caption="Ziphius (a whale) skeleton on display in front of the Arts and Industries Building, A person sits in the window in the upper right of the building, c. 1910, by Unidentified photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 7074, Box 35, Folder 2, Negative Number: SIA2010-0185."][/caption]
- Blog Post
See Here: 3/9/2011
- Date: March 9, 2011
- Creator: The Bigger Picture
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="293" caption="A narrow section, done in wood, of the of south front of new National Museum building, the Natural History Building, erected by the superintendent of construction, The Old Post Office is in the background on the left, 1904, by Unidentified photographer, Smithsonian Institution Archives Record Unit 79, Box 9, Folder 4,
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Alice Green Burnette
- Date: July 17, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Alice Green Burnette, Assistant Secretary for Institutional Initiatives, 1989–96, managed the $200 million campaign to build the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington and led marketing efforts for Smithsonian’s 150th anniversary programming. She initially arrived in 1988 as Deputy Assistant Secretary for External Affairs and Coordinator of Institutional
Sneak Peek 7/21/2014
- Date: July 21, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Lunar sample on exhibit in the Rotunda of the Arts and Industries Building, September 16, 1969.
Sneak Peek 2/6/2017
- Date: February 6, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Freedman's Savings Bank building on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, MAH-2502.
Sneak Peek 3/9/2015
- Date: March 9, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Northeast view of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, covered in ivy, 75-7100.
The Smithsonian Goes Telephonic in 1878!
- Date: June 28, 2018
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_9592,size=200,left]Did you know the Smithsonian was an early adopter of the telephone? In June of 1878, a system of electronic bells and telephones was installed throughout the Smithsonian Castle. The system connected several workrooms and offices to provide instant communications within the building. At that time, there were only 187 telephone lines