Results for "Fifty Years of Human Space Flight (Online exhibition)"
Walt Disney's Progressland
- Date: July 21, 2016
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: The Walt Disney designed--and General Electric sponsored--look at America’s figurative and literal electric future, Progressland, wowed visitors at the 1964 World’s Fair--and elements of it exist today in both Disneyland and Disney World theme parks.
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Torch 07/1976
- Description: SIA Record Unit 000371, Smithsonian Institution., Office of Public Affairs, The Torch, 1955-1960, 1965-1988, 1976 Box 1 Folder 7_V2
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Letter dated December 21, 1886, to Professor Spencer F. Baird, Secretary of the Smithsonian, about collecting bison specimens for an exhibit
- Date: September 18, 2012
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Spirit of St. Louis Was Star Attraction for Smithsonian
- Date: April 30, 2015
- Creator: Lynda Schmitz Fuhrig
- Description: April 30 marks the anniversary of when Charles Lindbergh flew his Spirit of St. Louis to the Smithsonian Institution to donate.
Collegial, Yet Cautious: the Wright Brothers and Samuel P. Langley
- Date: December 15, 2015
- Creator: William Bennett
- Description: A look at the relationship between Smithsonian Secretary Samuel P. Langley and the Wright Brothers during the sometimes contentious race to achieve flight.
Here At The Smithsonian: The History of Aviation
- Date: September 28, 2021
- Creator: Kira M. Sobers
- Description: Let’s take a look at some of the collections at the National Air and Space Museum.
- Blog Post
Mourning National Disaster at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum
- Date: January 28, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: When tragedy struck during the space shuttle era, mourners found a place to honor the fallen astronauts of the tragic Challenger and Columbia flights at Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum.
- 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
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Science Sits for Art
- Date: April 29, 2010
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="366" caption="Heads and Fragments of Heads of Humeri, from the Photographic Catalogue of the Surgical Section, 1865, by William Bell, Albumen print on paper mounted on paperboard, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase from the Charles Isaacs Collection made possible in part by the Luisita L. and Franz H. Denghausen
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SIA RU000090, Smithsonian Institution Office of Exhibits Central Exhibits Editor's Office, Exhibits Scripts, 1948-1978
- Date: 1948 1948-1978
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central. Exhibits Editor's Office
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
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97105 Smih Text.pdf
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Solomon Brown: First African American Employee at the Smithsonian Institution
- Date: April 20, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.