Results for "Immovable Objects: Subways (Exhibition) (1977-1978: New York, N.Y.)"
A Look into NCFA Exhibition Posters
- Date: October 24, 2017
- Creator: Alison Reppert Gerber
- Description: The Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) has undergone many name changes over the years. One of these – the National Collection of Fine Arts (NCFA) – was in use from 1937 to 1980. During this time, the NCFA underwent several exciting changes. After years of being housed in multiple locations and several failed attempts to build a permanent building, the collection moved to
17 Objects for 170 Years (Happy Birthday to us!)
- Date: August 10, 2016
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: On the Smithsonian's 170th birthday, here are 17 stories of how items have made their way to our collections!
Adventures in Time and Space: Exhibition Records
- Date: October 25, 2018
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: Transferring, processing, and describing exhibition drawings pose significant challenges to the archival workflow.
The Women Behind the "Field to Factory" Exhibition
- Date: October 6, 2022
- Creator: Ricc Ferrante
- Description: Current headlines about war and the impact of forced migration on women are stark reminders of historic migrations and how women adapted and took on new roles.In 1987, Field to Factory: Afro-American Migration 1915-1940 premiered at the National Museum of American History.
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Brave New Museum
- Date: March 11, 2010
- Description: Computer science researchers at the University of Washington and Cornell University have announced a new system of powerful graphics algorithms that will create three-dimensional renderings of buildings, neighborhoods, and potentially even entire cities. Fittingly the inventors went for the gold and named the system PhotoCity. Like its precursor, Microsoft’s Photosynth, the
Welcome to Smithsonian History on Our New Website!
- Date: October 18, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
Link Love: 7/11/2014
- Date: July 11, 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.
In Memoriam: Hans Hollein, Architect
- Date: April 29, 2014
- Description: Remembering Hans Hollein, designer of the first exhibition at the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, "MANtransFORMS."
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An Accidental Archivist...
- Date: July 15, 2011
- Creator: Marvin Heiferman
- Description: I was reading one of Holland Cotter’s reviews of an art exhibition in the New York Times a couple of weeks ago, when I came across a description of a show that was about to close and wished I’d been able to see. At a space run by the Esopus Foundation, Bob Warner, a New York artist and optician, was opening, one box at a time, the cartons of material that another artist, Ray
The Painter and the Poet: Creative Writing at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Date: April 4, 2017
- Creator: Hillary Brady
- Description: Pieces by aspiring poets—and a look at the artwork that inspired them—from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden’s writing workshops.
Remembering the Exhibitions Celebrating the Centennial of FDR's Birth
- Date: January 28, 2021
- Description: In 1982, the Smithsonian Institution paid homage to the birth of the 32nd president of the United States, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, born January 30, 1882, through six new exhibits.
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The Smithsonian's First Photographer
- Date: May 14, 2009
- Description: Vernacular photography is the latest type of photography to be discovered by museums. Postcards, collected by Walker Evans (but still, postcards), have just been exhibited by the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and a tintype exhibition just closed at the International Center of Photography in New York, another exhibit of snapshots was seen at the National Gallery of Art.