Results for "Museum archives"
- Blog Post
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."
- Webpage
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Date: April 14, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
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.
- Blog Post
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:
- Blog Post
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
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.
Documenting the Opening of a Museum
- Date: September 27, 2016
- Creator: Jennifer Wright
- Description: A look at how documenting the opening of a museum has changed in the age of social media.
- Blog Post
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.
- Webpage
Conservation
- Date: March 14, 2011
- Description: Access the official records of the Smithsonian Institution and learn about its history, key events, people, and research.
- Historic Pictures
National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Date: April 18, 2011
- Description: The National Museum of African American History and Culture was established in 2003 to preserve the history and culture of African Americans. A preliminary design for the new museum was completed in 2010 and construction is scheduled to be completed in late 2015.History of the National Museum of African American History and CultureAdditional Historic Images of the National
- Blog Post
Hot Topics at the Smithsonian Institution Archives
- Date: October 2, 2012
- Creator: Effie Kapsalis
- Description: Topics researched at the Smithsonian Institution Archives.
- Blog Post
Wonderful Women Wednesday: Marilyn Graskowiak
- Date: December 23, 2020
- Creator: Emily Niekrasz
- Description: Each week, the Archives features a woman who has been a groundbreaker at the Smithsonian, past or present, in a series titled Wonderful Women Wednesday.