Results for "Museum archives"
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Transferring Permanent Records to the Archives
- Date: October 6, 2017
- Description: Smithsonian museums and units must follow these instructions when transferring permanent records to the Archives. The instructions apply both to units in the Washington, DC metropolitan area and to units outside of the area. Step 1 Consult the Smithsonian-wide or appropriate unit-specific (staff only) records disposition schedule. If the records are not covered by the
Introducing the Smithsonian Libraries and Archives
- Date: December 8, 2020
- Description: We've got big news! The Smithsonian Libraries and Smithsonian Institution Archives have merged to become Smithsonian Libraries and Archives.
Design + Archives - National Collection of Fine Arts
- Date: April 22, 2014
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: A look back at some exhibition brochures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum.
Design + Archives
- Date: November 26, 2013
- Creator: Mitch Toda
- Description: An introduction to a new monthly series on examples of design found in the Smithsonian Institution Archives collections.
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Panoramic Panic! A Sticky Situation, Part 1
- Date: July 29, 2010
- Creator: Nora Lockshin
- Description: This piece is part one in a series of posts about Smithsonian Institution Archives’ (SIA) paper conservator and interns working on stabilizing a 1921 panoramic photo of air mail pilots and crews that is being moved to the National Air and Space Museum’s (NASM) Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center. You can see Part II here. In addition to being the Paper Conservator for the Smithsonian
Happy Holidays (and a free card) from the Archives
- Date: December 12, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: Happy Holidays 2011 from the Smithsonian Institution Archives and the Smithsonian's Field Book Project, with a free printable card featuring penguins from our collections.
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Gone But Never Forgotten
- Date: December 17, 2009
- Description: [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="341" caption="Funeral home, Date unknown, by Scurlock Studio (Washington, D.C.), Silver gelatin on cellulose acetate film sheet, Archives Center, National Museum of American History, Scurlock Studio Records, 1905-1994, Call No. 0618.239244."][/caption] The Smithsonian has millions of pictures organized in hundreds of subject based
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Watch Now: Today is Archives Fair
- Date: October 19, 2012
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Tune into a live webcast of the Smithsonian's 2012 Archives Fair to watch the lecture series on "Revealing Hidden Treasures."
The Archives New Website and Blog!
- Date: September 12, 2011
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Welcome to the Smithsonian Institution Archives’ new home on the web! Since joining the Archives, I’ve been impressed by the staff’s enthusiasm for the collections are custodians of, and their level of commitment to making the collections available and useful to researchers and enthusiasts.
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The Archives Contributes to a new Website on the Burgess Shale
- Date: December 8, 2011
- Creator: Catherine Shteynberg
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives contributes images to a new website about the Burgess Shale, a paleontological site located in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, by Royal Ontario Museum and Parks Canada.
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Collection Highlights: New Additions to the Archives’ Website
- Date: January 18, 2018
- Creator: Tammy L. Peters
- Description: The Smithsonian Institution Archives continually strives to add more collections to its website. This is a periodic post highlighting new acquisitions and individual collection items.New Finding Aids Online: A group of collections documenting the field work of scientists who worked at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History, Department of Invertebrate Zoology:
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Paula Richardson Fleming
- Date: November 27, 2019
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Paula Richardson Fleming, Photo Archivist, National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History, 1970–2003, organized exhibitions, authored numerous publications on Native American photography, and lectured around the world. #Groundbreaker