Results for "Conservators"
Sneak Peek 9/9/2019
- Date: September 9, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Conservators from Smithsonian Institution Libraries in the rare books conservation lab at North Capitol Street Services Center, SIA RU000371, 79-14235-04A.
Sneak Peek 4/25/2016
- Date: April 25, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Freer Gallery of Art conservators Takashi Sugiura and daughter Kumi Kinoshita, OPA-1006-12A.
Sneak Peek 7/4/2016
- Date: July 4, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Conservators on scaffolding vacuum the Star-Spangled Banner at the National Museum of American History, 82-9995-31.
- Blog Post
October is American Archives Month: Fin.
- Date: November 4, 2010
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: November is here and the leaves seem to finally be changing, which heralds the end of October is American Archives Month. Our 31-day Blogathon was a smashing success, garnering about 10,000 visits, and even though Archives month has come to a close, we will continue to post about our profession, our stories, and our wonderfully unique treasures. [caption id="attachment_9907"
Sneak Peek 7/23/2018
- Date: July 23, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Senior administrators stand next to their bicycles outside the Arts and Industries Building during an energy conservation campaign, 74-4912-01.
Sneak Peek 3/12/2018
- Date: March 12, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Conservator Eleanor McMillan works on a lithograph of "Uncle Sam" by James Montgomery Flagg, 1960s, SIA Acc. 11-008, OPA-1086-04A.
Sneak Peek 2/26/2018
- Date: February 26, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Andreas Joseph Andrews, chief preparator in the Department of Anthropology Conservation Laboratory at the Museum of Natural History, sculpts model of face, October 19, 1967, SIA Acc. 11-008, OPA-1104-12.
- Blog Post
Biodiversity Illustrated
- Date: June 30, 2011
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: While the Smithsonian Institution is perhaps better known for its museums that pepper the landscape of the National Mall in Washington DC, its devotion to scientific research easily matches its dedication to collecting, preserving, and displaying artifacts of cultural and historical importance. The Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) started off as a small field
- Blog Post
Learn. Educate. Imagine.
- Date: September 14, 2010
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Goody Goody Gumdrops
- Date: September 25, 2012
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: A history of pygmy hippopotamus naming conventions at the National Zoological Park.
Sneak Peek 1/2/2017
- Date: January 2, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Horologist David Todd refits the newly gold-leafed hands to the clock of the Flag Tower of the Smithsonian Institution Building, or Castle, 91-13640-37.
Sneak Peek 2/2/2015
- Date: February 2, 2015
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Takashi Sugiura and daughter Kuma restore a painting in the Freer Gallery of Art, March 9, 1967, Image Number: OPA-1006-04A.