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    Smithsonian History Chronology

    • Date: March 17, 2011
    • Description: What are the major events in the history of the Smithsonian?

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  3. A woman interviewing a man at a table with a recorder in between them.

    Exploring Oral History at the Smithsonian

    • Date: April 6, 2021
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: A brief history and exploration of oral history collections at the Smithsonian.

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    Introduction and History

    • Date: September 5, 2013
    • Description: [edan-image:id=siris_sic_13828,size=350,right]Welcome to our online exhibit about the history of the Smithsonian and postcards! In this exhibit you will find the history and evolution of postcards at the Smithsonian, general postcard history, and a guide for dating postcards. In addition, the image galleries contain over 100 selected postcards of Smithsonian museums,

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  7. History and Chronologies

    • Date: July 5, 2012
    • Creator: Mitch Toda
    • Description: As the National Museum of American History's new director, John Gray, begins his tenure we take a look back at those who proceeded him.

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    National Museum of American History

    • Date: April 18, 2011
    • Description: The National Museum of American History, known as the National Museum of History and Technology until 1980, was established in 1957 to house the growing US National Museum’s collections on the social, cultural, scientific, and technological history of the United States. The new museum opened in January of 1964.History of the National Museum of American HistoryAdditional

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    Bibliography of the Smithsonian's History

    • Date: March 17, 2011
    • Description: I’d like a list of publications on the history of the Smithsonian. Can you provide me with a bibliography?

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    Smithsonian History

    • Date: February 28, 2011
    • Description: Resources and online exhibits on the history of the Smithsonian’s museums, research centers, and key events and people.

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  15. Display of a wall of orchids inside the Hirshhorn Museum.

    Orchids and Oral History

    • Date: April 16, 2020
    • Description: Let’s learn about the history of Smithsonian Gardens’ annual orchid exhibit with a little help from former director Barbara Faust through her 2011 oral history interview.

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    National Museum of Natural History

    • Date: April 18, 2011
    • Description: Natural history specimens and ethnographic artifacts were among the earliest collections of the US National Museum. In 1910, the National Museum of Natural History building opened to showcase these collections. Wings were added in the 1960s, and a collections storage facility in Maryland opened in 1983 to help house the National Museum of Natural History’s 126 million objects.

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  19. An Introduction to Oral History

    • Date: June 9, 2020
    • Creator: Hannah Byrne
    • Description: Explore this brief introduction to oral history based on best practices used in the Archives’ Smithsonian Oral History Program.

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    National Museum of American History

    • Date: September 16, 2013
    • Description: The National Museum of American History first opened to the public in 1964 as the Museum of History and Technology. In 1980, a bill signed by President Jimmy Carter changed the museum’s name to the National Museum of American History. The postcards in this gallery show objects on display at the museum, as well as views of the building. Some objects that are now in the National

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  23. Star-Spangled Banner, National Museum of American History, c. 1964, MAH-P6427.

    American History, 50 Years of Exhibits

    • Date: May 15, 2014
    • Creator: Effie Kapsalis
    • Description: A collection of images documenting some of the National Museum of American History's exhibits since its opening 50 years ago.

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