Results for "DIRECTIONS: Ericka Beckman (Exhibition) (1989: Washington, D.C.)"
- Gallery
National Museum of the American Indian
- Date: September 18, 2013
- Description: The National Museum of the American Indian (NMAI) was created on November 18, 1989, when President George H.W. Bush signed an act allowing the transfer of the Museum of the American Indian into the Smithsonian to create NMAI. As one of the Smithsonian’s newer museums, the images in this gallery show the evolution of postcard use at the Smithsonian. The NMAI postcards mainly
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 97-127, National Museum of Natural History (U.S.) Office of the Director, Administrative Records, 1986-1995
- Date: 1986 1986-1995
- Creator: National Museum of Natural History. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Science Service, Up Close: Telephone Books, Wax Turkeys, and Talking Chickens
- Date: March 8, 2016
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: In the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Office of Exhibits, Margaret Jane Russell Roller (1888-1973) had begun to specialize in fabricating lifelike wax models of food and animals.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 06-123, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum Office of the Registrar, Loan Files (Incoming Loans), 1984-1999
- Date: 1984 1984-1999
- Creator: Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum. Office of the Registrar
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 00-045, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Provost, Grant Records, 1984-1996
- Date: 1984 1984-1996
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Provost
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Science Service, Up Close: Patent Parades, Silk Purses, and Snake Bite Remedies
- Date: March 30, 2017
- Creator: Marcel Chotkowski LaFollette
- Description: Everyone loves a parade – especially one followed by a banquet. When scientists and politicians met in Washington, D.C., on November 23, 1936, to celebrate the centennial of the U.S. patent system, they listened first to a conventional program of speeches. Then, in the afternoon, Science Service director Watson Davis arranged something different: a “Research Parade” featuring
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 95-111, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Sound Recordings, 1974-1991
- Date: 1974 1974-1991
- Creator: Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- SI History Chronology
"The West as America" Exhibit Begins
- Date: March 15, 1991
- SI History Bibliography
A Different Drummer: John Kinard and the Anacostia Museum
- Date: 1993
Art in the Margins: John F. Kennedy's "Doodles in Dimension"
- Date: November 10, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: President John F. Kennedy's doodles were given a new dimension by local Washington, D.C. sculptor Ralph M. Tate and the Anacostia Community Museum.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 96-006, Smithsonian Institution Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities, Subject Files, circa 1985-1992
- Date: 1985 1985-1992 circa 1985-1992
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Assistant Secretary for the Arts and Humanities
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 14-205, Smithsonian Productions, Productions, c. 1979-2001
- Date: 1979 1979-2001 c 1979-2001
- Creator: Smithsonian Productions.
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives