Results for "History"
Sneak Peek 2/10/2014
- Date: February 10, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Taxidermists Paul Rhymer, John Matthews, Ken Walker, Walter Sorrell, and Glenn Rankin prepare specimens for exhibit in Mammal Hall at the National Museum of Natural History.
Sneak Peek 10/29/2018
- Date: October 29, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Museum visitor views dinosaur bone, the humerus (upper arm bone) of Brachiosaurus altithorax, on exhibit at Museum of Natural History, September 11, 1959, by Jack Scott, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-054A.
Sneak Peek 3/18/2019
- Date: March 18, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Naval Captain and computer scientist Grace Murray Hopper and mathematician Jeanne LaDuke attend "Women Pioneers in Mathematics" meeting at National Museum of American History, SIA Acc. 11-009, 81-11284-06.
Sneak Peek 10/6/2014
- Date: October 6, 2014
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: 22-foot model of Uncle Beazley, a fiberglass triceratops from the NBC production of 'The Enormous Egg,' en route to the Museum of Natural History on a flatbed truck. OPA-1080-02A.
Sneak Peek 6/24/2019
- Date: June 24, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Spencer Crew, while director of National Museum of American History, at press event for opening of "Paint by Number: Accounting for Taste in the 1950s" exhibition, April 2001, by Jeff Tinsley, SIA Acc. 11-009, 2001-3004-37.
Sneak Peek 10/22/2018
- Date: October 22, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Dr. Richard L. Zusi, associate curator in the Division of Birds, Department of Vertebrate Zoology at the Museum of Natural History, examines bird skulls, August 31, 1964, by Jack Scott, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-154.
Sneak Peek 2/12/2018
- Date: February 12, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Exhibits staff prepare exhibition material for Hall 8, "Peoples of the Pacific," at Museum of Natural History, June 26, 1962, by Jack Scott, SIA Acc. 16-126, MNH-863F.
Sneak Peek 4/8/2019
- Date: April 8, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Taxidermist Francis “Frank” Greenwell repairs a Nubian giraffe in an exhibit containing animals from Africa in the Hall of Mammals in the National Museum of Natural History, February 10, 1982, by Kim Nielsen, SIA Acc. 11-009, 82-2558-26A.
Sneak Peek 2/26/2018
- Date: February 26, 2018
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Andreas Joseph Andrews, chief preparator in the Department of Anthropology Conservation Laboratory at the Museum of Natural History, sculpts model of face, October 19, 1967, SIA Acc. 11-008, OPA-1104-12.
Sneak Peek 2/22/2016
- Date: February 22, 2016
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Roy S. Clarke, Associate Curator in the Department of Mineral Sciences at the National Museum of Natural History, examines samples from a Mexican meteorite shower for the Center for Short-Lived Phenomena, OPA-1447-09A.
Sneak Peek 12/11/2017
- Date: December 11, 2017
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Donald J. Ortner, Division of Physical Anthropology museum technician, demonstrates use of equipment to study mineral concentration in bone on William H. Crocker, associate curator in the Division of Cultural Anthropology at the Museum of Natural History, MNH-1498D.
Sneak Peek 7/8/2019
- Date: July 8, 2019
- Creator: Marguerite Roby
- Description: Buildings on the National Mall, including temporary government buildings constructed during World War II, now the site of the National Museum of American History, the Department of Labor and Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) buildings, and the Departmental Auditorium, July 3, 1946, SIA Acc. 11-006, MAH-37403E.