Results for "Flag in American Indian Art (Traveling exhibition)"
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A Living Exhibition
- Date: July 19, 2011
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution has long been known for both its original research and its exhibitions. But, it was not until 1980 that the National Museum of Natural History (NMNH) first exhibited an on-going active research project, the world's first indoor living coral reef.[edan-image:id=siris_sic_7411,size=450,center]In the late 1960s, when NMNH paleobiologist Walter H. Adey
Harry Walters - Director of the Diné College Museum, 1973-2008
- Date: July 30, 2020
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Before becoming the Director of the Diné College Museum in Arizona, Harry Walters spent three months at the Smithsonian learning techniques for the care and handling of artifacts, including their identification, description, conservation, storage, and exhibition.
Link Love: 7/6/2018
- Date: July 6, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
International Travels of the Australian Canis Dingo: Part II
- Date: June 15, 2017
- Description: The cultural history of the Australian dingo and the species’ connection to the National Zoo.
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Cherry Blossoms, Travel Logs, and Colonial Connections: Eliza Scidmore’s Contributions to the Smithsonian
- Date: August 18, 2020
- Description: Eliza Scidmore was a lifelong photographer, writer, and world traveler. In addition to facilitating a gift of cherry blossom trees from Japan to the U.S. capital, Scidmore donated her time, photographs, and some artifacts to the Smithsonian’s collections. She also accessed the world through colonial channels that she reinforced with her writings.
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- Date: November 19, 2020
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: This Path We Travel: Celebrations of Contemporary Native American Creativity, was one of the inaugural exhibitions at the National Museum of the American Indian, George Gustav Heye Center in New York City. The exhibition was a collaboration of fifteen Native American painters, sculptors, writers, musicians, and dancers. The exhibition featured sculpture, performance, poetry,
Link Love: 9/19/2014
- Date: September 19, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
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.
Link Love: 07/10/2020
- Date: July 10, 2020
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Link Love: a weekly post with links to interesting videos and stories about archival issues, technology and culture, and Washington D.C. and American history.
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What’s in a Name? The Anacostia Community Museum
- Date: June 16, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: On June 16, 2006, Smithsonian’s Anacostia Community Museum changed its name for the third time, signaling a renewed focus on local Black history and beyond.
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The Photography of Art
- Date: November 27, 2009
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Hot Topix in Archival Research, Summer 2021
- Date: July 8, 2021
- Creator: Deborah Shapiro
- Description: Think your archival research is on hold while our reading room is closed? Think again!