Results for "Immovable Objects: Urban Open Spaces (Exhibition) (1979: New York, N.Y.)"
- Historic Pictures
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.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 18-136, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Curatorial - Ceramics, Exhibition Records, 1898, 1916-1917, 1954, 1966, 1978-2015
- Date: 1898 1898-2015 1898, 1916-1917, 1954, 1966, 1978-2015
- Creator: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery. Curatorial - Ceramics
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Authority Record/EAC
Agency history, 1966-
- Date: 1966 1966-
- Creator: Anacostia Community Museum
Fifty Years and Many More to Come!
- Date: September 12, 2017
- Creator: Lisa Fthenakis
- Description: Friday, September 15th, 2017 marks the 50th Anniversary of the opening of the Anacostia Community Museum. Originally named the Anacostia Neighborhood Museum, Secretary Ripley envisioned this as a place to reach out to black residents of Washington, DC who were not seeing themselves in the museums on the Mall. Reporting on the opening of the museum, Secretary Ripley writes that
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 92-015, Archives of American Art, Records, circa 1933-1991
- Date: 1933 1933-1991 circa 1933-1991
- Creator: Archives of American Art
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 06-157, Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies, Program Files, 1976-2004
- Date: 1976 1976-2004
- Creator: Smithsonian Center for Education and Museum Studies
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
Designed for Change: The Experimental Gallery, 1991-1994
- Date: July 5, 2018
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: For a period of time in the early 1990s, the Smithsonian Institution's Arts and Industries Building played host to an experimental exhibition gallery space.
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000324, Cooper-Hewitt Museum Office of Public Programs, Program Records, 1976-1982
- Date: 1976 1976-1982
- Creator: Cooper-Hewitt Museum. Office of Public Programs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 94-092, National Museum of American History (U.S.) Office of the Assistant Director for Academic Programs, Program Records, c. 1964-1969, 1978-1994
- Date: 1964 1964-1994 c 1964-1969, 1978-1994
- Creator: National Museum of American History. Office of the Assistant Director for Academic Programs
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000402, Archives of American Art, Records, 1954-1985
- Date: 1954 1954-1985
- Creator: Archives of American Art
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA RU000361, National Portrait Gallery (U.S.) Office of Exhibitions, Records, circa 1968-1976
- Date: 1968 1968-1976 circa 1968-1976
- Creator: National Portrait Gallery (Smithsonian Institution). Office of Exhibitions
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
Arts and Industries Building
- Date: April 14, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.