Results for "Cultural property"
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 89-058, National Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Property (U.S.), Records, 1983-1986
- Date: 1983 1983-1986
- Creator: National Institute for Conservation of Cultural Property
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
A Hungerford Property History of Women’s Rights
- Date: March 25, 2021
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: We’ve learned so much about the specific women of James Smithson’s family though the Hungerford Deed—but what can it tell us about women’s rights in the eighteenth century?
Spotlight: Carl William Schuermann, Jr., Property Clerk
- Date: October 28, 2021
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: We're taking a closer look at Carl William Schuermann, Jr., a Smithsonian property clerk with an interest in ornithology.
A Conservator Abroad: Paper Conservation in Japan
- Date: November 16, 2017
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: Nearly two years ago, I first heard of a course on the conservation of Japanese paper co-organized by ICCROM, the cultural heritage arm of UNESCO, and the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties (also known in Japanese as “Tobunken”). Over three weeks, the course offered a first-hand look at the traditional Japanese conservation techniques, materials, and
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act To render immune from seizure under judicial process certain objects of cultural significance imported into the United States for temporary display or exhibition, and for other purposes
- Date: 1966 10/19/1965
- Creator: 89th Congress, Sess. 1, 1965
- Creator: 89th Congress, Sess. 1, 1965
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act To amend the Act of October 15, 1966 (80 Stat. 915), establishing a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, and for other purposes
- Date: 1971 05/09/1970
- Creator: 91st Congress, Sess. 2, 1970-71
- Creator: 91st Congress, Sess. 2, 1970-71
- Collection
Property Records, 1882-1930
- Date: 1882 1882-1930
- Creator: United States National Museum Property Clerk
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act To direct the Secretary of the Interior to carry out a study and make recommendations to the Congress regarding the feasibility of establishing a Native American cultural center in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
- Date: 1992 12/09/1991
- Creator: 102d Congress, Sess. 1, 1991
- Creator: 102d Congress, Sess. 1, 1991
- Smithsonian Legal Document
An Act To establish a program for the preservation of additional historic properties throughout the Nation, and for other purposes
- Date: 1967 10/15/1966
- Creator: 89th Congress, Sess. 2, 1966
- Creator: 89th Congress, Sess. 2, 1966
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000078, United States National Museum (U.S.) Property Clerk, Property Records, 1882-1930
- Date: 1882 1882-1930
- Creator: United States National Museum. Property Clerk
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Collection
Intellectual Property Records, 1995-2002
- Date: 1995 1995-2002
- Creator: Smithsonian Productions
James Smithson and “The Duchess”: The Sotheby’s Sale of Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe’s Property
- Date: May 27, 2015
- Description: As a remarkable auction of artifacts of a bygone aristocratic world takes place, we look at a surprising connection between Mary, Duchess of Roxburghe and the Smithsonian’s founding benefactor, James Smithson