Results for "Computer games -- Programming -- History"
- SI History Bibliography
The 'Black Box Conundrum': How Has the Smithsonian Institution Collected and Curated Computer-Based Technology? A Study of Contemporary Collecting and Curatorial Expertise
- Date: 2015
- Creator: Foti, Petrina
- Creator: Foti, Petrina
How Computers Took Off at the National Air and Space Museum: 1980-1981
- Date: December 1, 2016
- Description: A look at a survey of computer usage at the National Air and Space Museum in 1980.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 84-204, Smithsonian Institution Office of Computer Services, Records, 1975-1982
- Date: 1975 1975-1982
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Computer Services
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Avatar. A Photographic Game-Changer?
- Date: January 20, 2010
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: A few days ago, I went to an IMAX 3D showing of Avatar to see for myself if the movie is a “game-changer,” as many have suggested. And, it is, but in a way no one seems to be focusing on—the way it acknowledges and exploits photography’s power to shape both everyday and alternate realities. What struck me, as soon as the movie started, was how sophisticated the film’s
- Finding Aid
SIA RU009637, Smithsonian Institution, History of Smithsonian Institution Computing Oral History Interviews, 2016-2021
- Date: 2016 2016-2021
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 94-037, Museum Computer Network, Records, 1986-1992
- Date: 1986 1986-1992
- Creator: Museum Computer Network
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Where Will This Lead? Exhibits, Zoos and Video-dating
- Date: January 14, 2020
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Investigating digital files from the 1980s turns up software that let people play matchmaker–for endangered species. Let’s see where this leads.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 98-088, Museum Computer Network, Records, 1988-1995
- Date: 1988 1988-1995
- Creator: Museum Computer Network
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Volunteer Appreciation: Petrina Foti
- Date: April 11, 2017
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: We celebrate Volunteer Appreciation Month by recognizing Petrina Foti, whose work contributes to our oral history collections.
Dr. Donald Fleming Squires (1927-2017)
- Date: February 13, 2018
- Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_14492,size=500,center]Dr. Squires was a pioneer in the application of computer technology in science museums and the founding father of data processing at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History (NMNH). He died on his 90th birthday, December 19, 2017 in Tasmania, Australia, after a short illness. Squires received an B.A. from Cornell
- Webpage
How to Do Oral History
- Date: May 7, 2020
- Description: Oral history is a technique for generating and preserving original, historically interesting information – primary source material – from personal recollections through planned recorded interviews.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 95-169, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Assistant Director for Automatic Data Processing, Program Records, 1965-1990
- Date: 1965 1965-1990
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Assistant Director for Automatic Data Processing
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives