Results for "Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource (Exhibition) (1991-1992: New York, N.Y.)"
Fifty Years and Many More to Come!
- Date: September 12, 2017
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Friday, September 15th, 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Anacostia Community Museum. Originally named the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Secretary Ripley envisioned this as a place to reach out to black residents of Washington, DC who were not seeing themselves in the museums on the Mall. Reporting on the opening of the museum, Secretary Ripley writes that
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SIA Acc. T90122, Smithsonian Institution Libraries Office of the Director, Records, circa 1904-1978
- Date: 1904 1904-1978 circa 1904-1978
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Libraries. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA RU009553, Conservation of Endangered Species Videohistory Collection, 1990
- Date: 1990
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Smihsonian Institution
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SIA Acc. 11-305, Smithsonian Institution Office of Special Events and Protocol, Event Files, 2002-2007
- Date: 2002 2002-2007
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Special Events and Protocol
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA RU000141, Smithsonian Institution Contracts Office, Grants and Contracts, 1963-1974
- Date: 1963 1963-1974
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Contracts Office
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Deconstructing a Mystery: Rare photo proves to be the earliest ever taken of the Smithsonian Castle
- Date: August 10, 2015
- Description: A rare hyalotype proves to be the earliest known photo of the Smithsonian Castle, taken in 1850 when it was still under construction.
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SIA Acc. 17-295, Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries, Curatorial Records, 1878-1961
- Date: 1878 1878-1961
- Creator: Museum of History and Technology. Division of Manufactures and Heavy Industries
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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SIA RU000312, National Collection of Fine Arts (U.S.) Office of the Director, Records, 1912-1965
- Date: 1912 1912-1965
- Creator: National Collection of Fine Arts. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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Smithsonian Gardens
- Date: September 4, 2018
- Description: During debates about the Smithsonian’s founding, the idea of using James Smithson’s bequest for a botanic garden was included in several drafts of the bill considered by Congress. In 1850, President Millard Fillmore commissioned America’s preeminent landscape designer Andrew Jackson Downing to design plans for the National Mall, including grounds around the Smithsonian Castle,
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SIA RU000413, National Museum of History and Technology (U.S.) Division of Graphic Arts, Records, 1887-1978
- Date: 1887 1887-1978
- Creator: National Museum of History and Technology. Division of Graphic Arts
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives