Results for "Computer games -- Programming -- History"
Welcome to Smithsonian Football!
- Date: February 7, 2017
- Creator: Patrick Milhoan
- Description: A brief history of the Smithsonian staff flag football team.
- SI History Chronology
Nicholas J. Suszynski, Jr. appointed head of Automatic Data Processing program
- Date: November 17, 1965
- Blog Post
Wait. Did That Really Happen? Snake Smashin’
- Date: April 4, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Explore what happened in 1969 when a man brought a hatchet and butcher knife to Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History to attack a display of snakes.
A Champion for Libraries and Archives: Ching-hsien Wang
- Date: May 26, 2022
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: In their efforts to document the history of computing at the Smithsonian, volunteers are interviewing former staff to preserve their stories and experiences. Ching-hsien Wang was a force that helped libraries and archives make their collections accessible online and here are some early excerpts from our interview with her.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 00-001, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Department of the History of Science and Technology, Exhibition Records, c. 1979-1990, and undated
- Date: 1979 1979-1990 c 1979-1990, and undated
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Department of the History of Science and Technology
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1971-
- Date: 1971 1971-
- Creator: Smithsonian Office of Educational Technology
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 13-001, Smithsonian American Art Museum Information Technology Office, Program Records, 2004-2009
- Date: 2004 2004-2009
- Creator: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Information Technology Office
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 95-089, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Department of Space History, Sloan Videohistory Program, circa 1987-1992
- Date: 1987 1987-1992 circa 1987-1992
- Creator: National Air and Space Museum. Department of Space History
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Play Our New Game! “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem”
- Date: July 4, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: We are pleased to launch a new live-play mystery based on the Megatherium Club, an actual group of young naturalists who lived in dormitories in the Smithsonian's Castle. Geared toward teen visitors (you must be 13 years or older to play), “The Mystery of the Megatherium Club: Mustaches & Mayhem” runs July 8th-Aug. 27th, with limited timeslots daily. Spend an hour with your
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 98-136, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Program in African American Culture, Program Records, circa 1976-1987
- Date: 1976 1976-1987 circa 1976-1987
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Program in Black American Culture
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 06-010, Smithsonian Institution Archives Oral History Program, Oral History Program Files, 1973-2000
- Date: 1973 1973-2000
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Archives. Oral History Program
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Brave New Museum
- Date: March 11, 2010
- Description: Computer science researchers at the University of Washington and Cornell University have announced a new system of powerful graphics algorithms that will create three-dimensional renderings of buildings, neighborhoods, and potentially even entire cities. Fittingly the inventors went for the gold and named the system PhotoCity. Like its precursor, Microsoft’s Photosynth, the