Results for "Fire"
Dressing the "Fire Boss" for a Full-Size Coal Mine Model
- Date: 1910 Between 1910 and 1934
Monthly Lobby Exhibit, National Museum of History and Technology - Fire-Fighting Memorabilia
- Date: 1973 July 20, 1973
- Creator: Harrell, Alfred
Mary Henry Diary Entries, January 25-26, 1865, Fire in the Castle
- Date: January 25-26, 1865 Civil War, 1861-1865
- Creator: Henry, Mary Anna 1834-1903
- Creator: Henry, Mary Anna 1834-1903
- SI History Bibliography
Fire in the Museum: The Smithsonian's First Building was Almost Destroyed 100 Years Ago Today
- Date: January 24, 1965
- Creator: Buckman, Christine
- Creator: Buckman, Christine
Helicopter fire on McMurdo Base, Antarctica, prior to arrival of emergency response team
Fire Damage at National Museum of History and Technology ; Secretary S. Dillon Ripley at Art Show
- Date: 1970 October 9-13, 1970
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division
Group Portrait of Flora of North America Editorial Committee ; Fire Board Meeting ; "The Hand of Man on America" Exhibition
- Date: 1970 November 6-9, 1970
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Photographic Services Division
- SI History Bibliography
Joint Committee of the Senate and House of Representatives on Public Buildings and Grounds. Report of the Special Committee of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution Relative to the Fire
- Creator: United States Congress
- Creator: United States Congress
Facing our Fears
- Date: October 30, 2018
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: An unusually serious Halloween post in which we dress up to stage a mock recovery from a museum fire.
- Blog Post
Return of…the Beast
- Date: October 31, 2019
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: In a return to the seasonal bonfire, we look at how fire and its suppression impacts boxed and unboxed optical disks.
- Blog Post
Smokin’ Smithsonian
- Date: January 24, 2012
- Description: The story of the 1865 fire that destroyed part of the Smithsonian Institution Building and its contents.
- Blog Post
The Burning of the Smithsonian
- Date: January 23, 2015
- Creator: Pamela M. Henson
- Description: One hundred fifty years ago, on January 24, 1865, a massive fire erupted in the west wing of the Smithsonian Castle.
