Results for "How Things Fly (Exhibition) (1996- : Washington, D.C.)"
Postcard of Organ at Klosterkirche St. Urban
- Date: July 24, 1968
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
- Blog Post
Couriers of the Flight
- Date: October 22, 2009
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Photograph of airmail planes at Elko, Nevada, by unknown photographer, c. 1920, Smithsonian National Postal Museum."][/caption] Just last week, we uploaded some new photos of early US airmail from the National Postal Museum to the “People and the Post” set on the Flickr Commons. I was immediately drawn in by the portraits
A Pioneer Mammalogist: Viola Shelly Schantz
- Date: March 19, 2013
- Description: In honor of Women's History Month, here is a brief biography of sorts about Viola S. Schantz, a prominent mammalogist who worked for the U.S Fish & Wildlife Service from 1918-1961.
Native Americans and Early Settlers Exhibit, National Museum of Natural History
- Date: 1957
- Creator: Unknown
- Creator: Unknown
- Blog Post
Never Just the Facts
- Date: April 22, 2010
- Description: For the last year the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History has been preparing to celebrate its 100 year anniversary. As part of the celebration, curators and archivists have been combing the files in preparation for an exhibition of historic photographs that will describe the museum’s history. [caption id="" align="alignright" width="218" caption="Photomicrograph
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 17-259, Smithsonian Institution Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Access, Program Records, 2010-2015
- Date: 2010 2010-2015
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution. Office of the Assistant Secretary for Education and Access
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
Smithsonian's Photo Summit
- Date: October 12, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="400" caption="Installation View of Smithsonian Photography Exhibition Art Section, by Thomas Smillie, c.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 11-139, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Office of the Director, NASM Files, 1989-2009
- Date: 1989 1989-2009
- Creator: National Air and Space Museum. Office of the Director
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
John N. Robinson, His Life and Work
- Date: September 9, 2014
- Description: I cannot, I feel, have any regrets about my accomplishments. What comes from art will just come. I don’t feel any need to strive. - John N. Robinson One of my favorite parts of working in an archive is the opportunity to immerse myself in other people’s worlds, to learn more about their stories and experiences. One such person I encountered recently was John N. Robinson, a
- Document
Microsoft Word - FINAL_Joseph_Henry_Quotations.doc
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 07-137, DeVorkin, David H. 1944-, David H. DeVorkin Papers, circa 1979-2002
- Date: 1979 1979-2002 circa 1979-2002
- Creator: DeVorkin, David H., 1944-
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Gallery
Correspondence
- Date: September 19, 2013
- Description: People use postcards to correspond with each other, but the way they have used postcards to communicate has changed over time. The postcards in this gallery show how postcards began as a quick way to send short communications between individuals, but have since evolved to be used for longer communications and for requests between academics. While the typical use for a postcard
