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    1. GIF of someone navigating the introduction page of the web exhibition. It includes a graphic of photographs of people in black-and-white and a portrait painting of James Smithsonian in color.

      Introducing Smithson to Smithsonian

      • Date: August 10, 2022
      • Creator: Emily Niekrasz
      • Description: As the Smithsonian geared up to celebrate its 175th anniversary, the Libraries and Archives decided to revisit the online exhibition From Smithsonian to Smithsonian, created a quarter of a century ago. Today, on the Smithsonian’s birthday, we are pleased to celebrate the launch of a new, refreshed and greatly expanded web exhibition, Smithson to Smithsonian.

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    3. Photographer Michael Barnes and his copy stand setup.

      Rapid Capture Digitization to bring the Smithsonian's Board of Regents Minutes Online

      • Date: September 8, 2015
      • Creator: Ricc Ferrante
      • Description: Digitizing the Smithsonian Institution's Board of Regents minutes to make them available online.

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      Credits

      • Date: February 21, 2017
      • Description: AcknowledgementsThe web version of From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution was adapted from an exhibition that appeared from July 1996 to January 1997 in the Smithsonian Libraries Exhibition Gallery in the National Museum of American History. It was one of the official projects that celebrated the 150th anniversary of the 1846 founding of the Smithsonian

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      From Smithson to Smithsonian: The Birth of an Institution

      • Date: 2000-03-04 00:00:00

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      SIA Acc. 17-080, Smithsonian Institution Office of Exhibits Central, Exhibition Records, 1970-2006

      • Date: 1970 1970-2006
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA Acc. 01-200, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Exhibition Records, 1990-1998

      • Date: 1990 1990-1998
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Archives
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      SIA Acc. 08-051, Smithsonian Institution Office of Exhibits Central, Exhibition Records, 1971-2002

      • Date: 1971 1971-2002
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of Exhibits Central
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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      The Exhibits of Science and Technology at the Smithsonian Institution

      • Date: 1995
      • Creator: Matsumoto, Eiju 1935-
      • Creator: Matsumoto, Eiju 1935-

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      SIA Acc. 01-097, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Department of Exhibits, Exhibition Records, 1970-1995

      • Date: 1970 1970-1995
      • Creator: National Museum of American History. Department of Exhibits
      • Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives

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    19. A Window into the Grand Tour: Traveling in the Style of James Smithson

      • Date: December 4, 2012
      • Description: A new exhibition offers a chance to explore the world of Grand Tour travel in the late eighteenth century, similar to that experienced by the Smithsonian’s own founding donor, James Smithson.

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    21. An L-shaped stacked stone and mortar house with a slate roof and white-painted sash windows sits amidst a grassy expanse. A lichen-covered stacked stone wall separates the front garden from pastureland.

      Walking in the Footsteps of Hungerfords

      • Date: September 15, 2022
      • Creator: William Bennett
      • Description: Readers of The Bigger Picture will be familiar with the Hungerford Deed, a 1787 property contract dividing a lucrative land inheritance between the mother and aunt of the Smithsonian’s founding donor, James Smithson. Over the last three years I have been able to take a deep dive into the content of the Deed and strengthen our understanding of Smithson’s choice to leave his

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      Smithson's Legacy

      • Date: February 21, 2017
      • Description: Smithson's Gift EnduresWhat would James Smithson think if he saw today's Smithsonian Institution—the world's largest museum and research complex?The activities of the Smithsonian Institution 150 years after its founding embody "the increase and diffusion of knowledge" in virtually all the modern interpretations of those words. Millions of sightseers each year enjoy Smithsonian

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