Results for "Museum archives"
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 17-302, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Archives Department, Grant Records, 1991-2015
- Date: 1991 1991-2015
- Creator: National Air and Space Museum. Archives Department
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- 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
- 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
- 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.
Link Love: 7/14/2017
- Date: July 14, 2017
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Perfect fodder for animated gifs; zootropes. [via Unfunk]Send SFMOMA a text and it will respond with art! [via SFMOMA]Eerie plaster casts of people and animals in their final moments before being buried in Pompeii. [via Atlas Obscura]Weighing newborn babies wasn't "a thing" until the 20th century. [via O Say Can You See, National Museum of American History]Archives Unleashed
- Document
Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Blog Post
To Market, To Market
- Date: August 14, 2009
- Description: [caption id="attachment_1885" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="U.S. National Museum, Street vendors at Center Market, by unknown photographer, 10/16/1909, Smithsonian Institution Archives RU79 Assistant Secretary in charge of the United States National Museum, SIA2009-1992."][/caption] Interns and staff at the Smithsonian Institution Archives are digitizing historic
Link Love: 6/28/2013
- Date: June 28, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: Link Love: a weekly blog feature with links to interesting videos and stories regarding archival issues, the Smithsonian, and history.
- Document
Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 17-245, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Archives Division, Collection Management Records, 1978-1992
- Date: 1978 1978-1992
- Creator: National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 07-050, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Archives Division, Exhibition Records, 1992-1995
- Date: 1992 1992-1995
- Creator: National Air and Space Museum. Archives Division
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Finding Aid
SIA Acc. 17-301, National Air and Space Museum (U.S.) Archives Department, Departmental Files, 1982-2015
- Date: 1982 1982-2015
- Creator: National Air and Space Museum. Archives Department
- Creator: Smithsonian Institution Archives