Results for "Museum archives"
Link Love: 12/9/2011
- Date: December 9, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
- Blog Post
Making Sense of Data That’s Linked and Open
- Date: June 23, 2011
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: If you are a regular reader, or someone who works for a museum, library, or archive, you intimately understand the difficulty in managing big collections. If you’re not in this world, you do understand how hard it is to manage family photographs, a collection of email love letters, or the folder tucked in the bottom of your closet with old college papers. When you multiply
- Webpage
Web and Social Media Archiving
- Date: April 26, 2017
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives' process to curate and capture website and social media accounts.
- Historic Pictures
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Date: April 18, 2011
- Description: The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden opened in 1974 to house the modern art collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn. Located west of the Arts and Industries Building, in the first truly modern building on the National Mall, the Museum and Sculpture Garden feature artists such as Calder, de Kooning, and Rodin. History of the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture GardenAdditional
- Historic Pictures
National Museum of the American Indian
- Date: April 18, 2011
- Description: The National Museum of the American Indian has its origins in the collections of George Gustav. In 1989, the collection was transferred to the Smithsonian and now consists of the George Gustav Heye Center of the National Museum of the American Indian in New York City, the Cultural Resources Center in Maryland, and the National Museum of the American Indian in Washington,
Celebrate 2014 Archives Month!
- Date: October 2, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: It's time again to celebrate all the wonderful things archives have and do! The Society of American Archivists declares each October American Archives Month and the Smithsonian theme for this year is "Discover and Connect." At the Smithsonian Institution Archives, we handle over 6000 reference requests per year and have an ambitious digitization plan to serve people worldwide
- Gallery
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Date: September 16, 2013
- Description: S. Dillon Ripley, the eighth Secretary of the Smithsonian, wanted the Smithsonian to have a contemporary art museum. He worked tirelessly to persuade Joseph H. Hirshhorn (1899-1981) to donate his collections to the Smithsonian. On November 7, 1966, the collections of Hirshhorn officially came under the auspices of the Smithsonian. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
- Gallery
National Postal Museum
- Date: September 18, 2013
- Description: The National Postal Museum was established by an agreement between the Smithsonian and the United States Postal Service in 1990. However, its extensive collections of stamps and other philatelic materials date back to 1886. The Postal Museum is housed in the lower level of the former Washington City Post Office Building, which was built in 1914. The postcards in this gallery
Embracing the Crowd
- Date: April 15, 2014
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: When I started working with museums in 2005, the concept of crowdsourcing was in its infancy. That year, James Surowiecki ‘s book, “The Wisdom of Crowds,” was published and there were tiny experiments in crowdsourcing occurring in the cultural heritage sector. There were hesitations and objections about the whole concept within the GLAM (gallery, library, archive, museum)
- Webpage
National Postal Museum
- Date: April 14, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 96-178, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Archives Division, Videodiscs, circa 1983-1998
- Date: 1983 1983-1998 circa 1983-1998
- Creator: National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Webpage
What’s Happening at the Smithsonian
- Date: April 7, 2021
- Description: Check back to view collections that have been digitized through the Audiovisual Media Preservation Initiative. For now, explore YouTube clips from the National Museum of African American History & Culture, Smithsonian Institution Archives, Archives of American Art, and the Human Studies Film Archives.