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    1. Portrait of Henry Joseph Horan, seated.

      Spotlight: Henry Joseph Horan, Superintendent of Buildings

      • Date: July 29, 2021
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: A closer look at staff member Henry Horan (1838-1896), who held several positions at the Smithsonian, including janitor, watchman, and superintendent of buildings, during his long career at the Institution.

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      Can Buildings Stack Up to the Images Made of Them?

      • Date: November 18, 2009
      • Creator: Marvin Heiferman
      • Description: [caption id="attachment_3043" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Photograph of the Ames Monument, Wyoming, courtesy Phil Patton."][/caption] Looking at an illustrated real estate listing or brochure, have you ever been mesmerized by a wide angle and luxurious photograph of what you suspect is, in fact, a tiny studio apartment? Have you ever had the experience where all

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    5. Visitors are entering and leaving the United States National Museum Building, now Arts and Industries Building, via the North Entrance.

      Smithsonian Arts and Industries Building in the 21st Century

      • Date: November 18, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: The Arts and Industries Buildings reopens this weekend with FUTURES, the first building-wide exploration of the future on the National Mall. Though we've written plenty about the building's past on our blog, today, we're diving into its more recent history in the 21st century.

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    7. Buildings on the National Mall, including temporary government buildings constructed during World War II, now the site of the National Museum of American History

      Sneak Peek 7/8/2019

      • Date: July 8, 2019
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Buildings on the National Mall, including temporary government buildings constructed during World War II, now the site of the National Museum of American History, the Department of Labor and Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) buildings, and the Departmental Auditorium, July 3, 1946, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-37403E.

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      100 Years of the Natural History Building

      • Date: June 17, 2010
      • Creator: Pamela M. Henson
      • Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="424" caption="U.S. National Museum, May 3, 1917, seen from the National Mall, by Unknown photographer, Photographic print, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Record Unit 45, Box 79, Folder: 10, Neg. SIA2009-2203."][/caption] As part of my work as the historian for the history of the Smithsonian, I’ve been working for the past year on

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    11. The National Museum of African American History and Culture, Spring 2016.

      Viewing the Smithsonian in a Different Way

      • Date: January 31, 2017
      • Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
      • Description: The Smithsonian Architectural History and Historic Preservation office serves as curator of the Smithsonian buildings.

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    13. Revisiting the Arts and Industries Building

      • Date: April 17, 2014
      • Creator: Mitch Toda
      • Description: Closed to the public since 2004, the Arts and Industries Building remains closed for the foreseeable future. Here is a look back at what used to be there.

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    15. Barro Colorado Island, Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute, Panama

      Sneak Peek: Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute

      • Date: March 11, 2019
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Series of photographs of Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute buildings and facilities at Barro Colorado, Naos, and Galeta islands, Panama, 1960s, SIA RU000095.

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    17. Buildings and grounds at Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, featuring

      Sneak Peek 9/30/2019

      • Date: September 30, 2019
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Buildings and grounds at Cotton States Exposition, Atlanta, Georgia, featuring "Mystic Maze" and ferris wheel, 1895, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 12723.

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    19. Cyanotype, aerial view of buildings and grounds at the World's Columbia Exposition, Chicago, 1893.

      Sneak Peek 1/13/2020

      • Date: January 13, 2020
      • Creator: Marguerite Roby
      • Description: Cyanotype, aerial view of buildings and grounds at the World's Columbia Exposition, with Japanese Ho-o-Den Palace on Wooded Island, north end of the Horticulture Building, Woman's Building, Midway Plaisance, and Ferris Wheel in view, Chicago, 1893, SIA RU000095, USNM No. 12168.

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    21. Portrait of Amy Ballard.

      Wonderful Women Wednesday: Amy Ballard

      • Date: August 25, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Amy Ballard is a senior historic preservation specialist emerita with the Smithsonian’s Architectural History and Historic Preservation Office, where she worked between 1985 until her retirement in 2016. She was promoted to senior historic preservation specialist in 2010. Ballard has contributed to plans for new buildings, including the Smithsonian’s National Museum of the

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      Archives Puzzles: The Woman’s Building

      • Date: March 8, 2021
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: Have a little fun with images from our collections that have been designated as open access. Anyone can now download, transform, share, and reuse millions of images as part of Smithsonian Open Access.

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